Stanley Miller had put the Oparin-Haldane theory to test in 1953 by creating in the laboratory, the probable conditions on the primitive earth. In the experiment simple amino acids were synthesized from which of the following mixtures, as observed after eighteen days? 
1. \(H_2, O_2, N_2~ \text {and}~ H_2O\)
2. \(CH_4, CN , H_2~ \text {and}~ O_2\)
3. \(H_2, NH_3, CH_4\) and water vapour 
4. \(NH_3, CH_4 ~\text {and} ~O_2\)

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The proponent of the theory of spontaneous generation was 
1. Louis Pasteur 
2. Von Helmont 
3. Spallanzani 
4. Francisco Redi 
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The English scientist who worked on the origin of life and settled in India? 
1. A.I. Oparin 
2. J. B. S. Haldane 
3. Louis Pasteur 
4. Van Helmont 
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According to cosmozoic theory for origin of life, life comes on earth from other planets in space in the form of 
1. Spores 
2. Seeds 
3. Gametes 
4. All of these
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The theory that living organisms on the earth came from outer space is based on the study of 
1. Igneous rocks 
2. Sedimentary rocks 
3. Meteorites 
4. Moon soil
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Russian scientist who proposed the theory of origin of life was 
1. Oparin 
2. Haldane 
3. Miller 
4. None of these
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A.I. Oparin wrote 
1. Origin of species 
2. Origin of life 
3. Philosophie zoologique 
4. The planet
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H.C. Urey wrote the following book 
1. The planets 
2. Origin of Life 
3. The origin of species 
4. None of these
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What did S. L. Miller observe in his earliest experimental set-up? 
1. Formation of sugars and nitrogenous bases 
2. Formation of amino acids 
3. Formation of pigments 
4. Formation of Fats 
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S.L. Miller conducted an experiment in 1953 to support the 
1. Theory of spontaneous generation 
2. Biogenesis 
3. Chemical evolution of life 
4. Natural selection 
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