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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Louis Pasteur by careful experimentation demonstrated that/the 
1. Phenomenon of chemical evolution 
2. There is spontaneous generation of life 
3. Life comes from pre-existing life 
4. Abiogenic origin of life 
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The first non-cellular form of life could have originated about ____________ years ago 
1. 3 million 
2. 2 million 
3. 3 billion 
4. 2 billion 
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Which ones are the most essential for origin of life? 
1. Enzymes 
2. Proteins 
3. Carbohydrates 
4. Nucleic acids
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Presence of NaCl in body fluid indicates that life originated in 
1. Primitive ocean 
2. Rain water lakes 
3. Salt solution 
4. All of these
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Origin of life from nonliving matter is known as 
1. Coacervates 
2. Abiogenesis 
3. Biogenesis 
4. None of these
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