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Which of these gases was/were present in prebiotic atmosphere?

A

Ammonia

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Methane

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C

Oxygen

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D

Both A and B

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Solution

The correct option is C Both A and B
Ammonia and methane were the gases present in the early atmosphere as reported by the Scientists Oparin and Haldane. They first proposed that life had arisen from the simpler molecules on the lifeless (without oxygen) earth under different atmospheric conditions that exist today. Hence, the correct option is D.

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