MCQs of Biology – Theories on origin of life

A biogenesis means:

Who introduced the idea of spontaneous generation?

Theory of spontaneous generation was given by:

The idea of spontaneous generation was first refuted by:

spontaneous generation of flies from rotting meat was disproved by:

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

Mark the correct statement:

Swan – necked flask experiment was done by:

Pasteur’s experiments and similar ones that followed convinced most people that spontaneous generation of life did not happen because:

The early belief of the spontaneous origin of life was disproved by:

Who said that organisms develop from organisms?

Louis Pasteur is famous for:

The idea that life originates from pre- existing life as:

The process of destroying all living organisms is called:

The principle of sterilization is based on experiments carried out by:

Pasteurization means:

Life was created by some supernatural power. This theory is:

Who was one of the greatest advocates of theory of creation?

Life came from outer space. This theory is:

Cosmozoic theory of the origin of life was proposed by:

The founder of ‘ theory of catastrophism ‘ is:

‘Mechanistic theory’ of origin of life was proposed by:

The age of ‘Big – Bang’ is likely to be of the order of:

About how long ago was the Earth formed?

The sun and planets formed from: