The scientist related with the theory of biogenesis and experiments with swan-necked flasks is 
1. Von Helmont 
2. Louis Pasteur 
3. Miller 
4. Haeckel 

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All of the following conditions were present on early earth, except 
1. High temperature 
2. Volcanic storms 
3. Oxidising atmosphere 
4. Reducing atmosphere
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Which of the following brokeup water into hydrogen and oxygen on early earth? 
1. Visible light 
2. Infrared radiations 
3. Sunlight 
4. UV radiations 
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One of the following appeared on earth with the origin of plants and was absent in the primitive atmosphere.
Select the correct option 
1. Carbon dioxide 
2. Methane 
3. Ammonia 
4. Oxygen 
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Theory of abiogenesis or spontaneous generation was first disapproved by 
1. Electric discharge experiment 
2. Microsphere formation in spark chamber 
3. Lederberg replica plate experiment 
4. Curved neck experiment 
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Simple one-celled cyanobacteria like organisms appeared on earth 
1. 5600 million years ago 
2. 5000 million years ago 
3. 4600 million years ago 
4. 3.3 to 3.5 billion years ago 
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Eukaryotes developed around 
1. 1,600 million years ago 
2. 459 million years ago 
3. 3,800 million years ago 
4. 4,200 million years ago 
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The atmosphere became oxidising with the appearance of earliest 
1. Autotrophic bacteria 
2. Autotrophic cyanobacteria 
3. Land plants 
4. Algae
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Which one of the following gas was not present in free form at the time life originated on earth? 
1. Ammonia 
2. Oxygen 
3. Hydrogen 
4. Methane 
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The theory of spontaneous generation says that 
1. Life originated from the decaying and rotting matter like straw, mud etc 
2. Life came on the earth from outerspace 
3. Life comes from pre-existing life only 
4. Life started with the replication of self replicating metabolic capsules 
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