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SSC GD 2021 PYQ — Question 46

SSC GD Constable (English) - 18th November 2021 Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q46

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Which scientist among the following coined the term ‘protoplasm’ for the fluid substance of the cell?

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Correct answer: B

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The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Purkinje.

  •  J.E Purkinje coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell. · He coined the term 'protoplasm' in 1839
  • Purkinje discovered and described the large brain cells found in the middle layer of the cerebellum (Purkinje cells).
  • The fluidic substance in the cell in which all the organelles of the cell reside and which is surrounded by the cell membrane is called as the protoplasm of the cell.