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The invention of the microscope was a great boon for people to study smaller objects or micro-organisms. Scientists made different microscopes by using different types of lenses for magnification.
Gaurav made a table of two scientists and the kind of microscope they invented.

The kind of microscopeScientist
PRobert Hooke
QAntony Van Leeuwenhoek

Identify P and Q

  1. P — Simple microscope, Q — Compound microscope.
  2. P — Electron microscope, Q — Simple microscope.
  3. P — Compound microscope, Q — Electron microscope.
  4. P — Compound microscope, Q — Simple microscope.
Answer

P — Compound microscope, Q — Simple microscope.

Reason — Compound microscope was invented by Robert Hooke and simple microscope was invented by Antony Van Leeuwenhoek.