Ncert Exercises & Solutions

The theory of spontaneous generation stated that

1.	life arose from living forms only
2.	life can arise from both living and non-living
3.	life can arise from non-living
4.	life arises spontaneously, neither from living nor from the non-living.

(c) The theory of spontaneous generation stated that life can arise from non-living things only. lt is also known as abiogenesis.

Louis Pasteur by careful experimaentation disapproved this theroy and demonstrated that life arose from living forms (pre-existing life.)