Which one of the following experiments suggests that the simplest living organisms could not have originated spontaneously from non-living matter?   

1.  Larvae could appear in decaying organic matter.
2.  Meat was not spoiled, when heated and kept sealed in a vessel.
3.  Microbes did not appear in stored meat.
4.  Microbes appeared from unsterilized organic matter. 

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Which of the following is correct sequence of events in the origin of life? 
I. formation of protobionts
II. synthesis of organic monomers
III. synthesis of organic polymers
IV. formation of DNA based genetic systems
1. I, III, II, IV
2. II, III, I, IV
3. II, III, IV, I
4. I, II, III, IV 

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Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life 
a. The earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were non-green and presumably anaerobes.
b. The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen
On the above statements which one of the following options is correct?
1. (a) is correct but (b) is false
2. (b) is correct but (a) is false
3. Both (a) and (b) are correct
4. Both (a) and (b) are false 

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