According to the discovery made in 1980s. RNA can act like enzyme to assemble new RNA molecules on RNA template. Which of the following statements is not proved by this theory? 
1. Coacervates may not have been the first step in the evolution of life 
2. Perhaps the first macromolecule was RNA 
3. Coacervates were the basis for the first cell 
4. After formation of RNA, stability of molecule improved by surrounding RNA within a coacervate 

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The conditions of the earth atmosphere conducive for the origin of life were:
1. Presence of high temperature, \(CH_4,~NH_3,\) and \(O_3\)
2. High temperature, \(CH_4,~NH_3,\) volcanic eruption 
3. High temperature, volcanic eruption, \(O_2,~NH_3,\)
4. Volcanic eruption, \(CH_4,~NH_3,\) and \(O_3\)
Subtopic:  Definition & Types of Evolution | Cosmic Evolution |  A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF EVOLUTION |
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At which stage during evolution did human use hides to to protect their bodies and buried their dead? 
1. Homo habilis 
2. Neanderthal man 
3. Java man 
4. Homo erectus 
Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens | Evolution Prior to Ape Man |
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The hypothesis that "Life originated from pre- existing non-living organic molecules was proposed by
1. Oparin and Haldane
2. Louis Pasteur
3.  S.L. Miller
4. Hugo de Vries
Subtopic:  Examples of Chemical Evolution |
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The first cellular form of life evolved
1. in air
2. on land
3. in water environment
4. in deep soil
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Louis Pasteur demonstrated that
1. early life came from outer space
2. non-living molecules chemicals produced living molecules 
3. life comes from pre-existing life
4. life originated spontaneously
Subtopic:  Origin of Life |
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Arrange the following stages of human evolution according to their arrival [First to last].
A: Homo habilis, 
B: Neanderthal,
C: Homo erectus,
D: Homo sapiens
1. A-B-C-D
2. A-C-B-D
3. B-C-D-A
4. A-C-D-B 
Subtopic:  Evolution of Homo Sapiens |
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Evolutionary convergence is the development of a:
1. common set of functions in groups of different ancestry.
2. dissimilar set of functions in closely related groups. 
3. common set of structures in closely related groups. 
4. dissimilar set of functions in unrelated groups. 
Subtopic:  Embryological Evidence of Evolution |
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Assertion (A):  Same structure developed along different directions due to adaptations to different
needs is called divergent evolution.
Reason (R):  These structures are homologous.
 
1.  Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) is false but (R) is true.
Subtopic:  Palentological Evidences of Evolution |
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The theory of spontaneous generation states that.
1. Life arose from living form only. 
2. Life can arise from both living and non-living.
3. Life can arise from non-living things only.
4. Life arises spontaneously, neither from the living and nor from non-living. 
Subtopic:  Other Theories of Origin of Life |
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