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Biomolecules

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Which compound has a very important role in prebiotic evolution?

  • Sulphur dioxide

  • Nitric oxide

  • Methane

  • Sulphur trioxide

Solution

C.

Methane

JBS Haldane (1920) used the term 'Prebiotic soup' or 'hot dilute soup of organic substances' for oceanic water containing mixture of simple organic compounds. Methane (CH4) was probably the first organic compound and hydrogen cyanide was formed later.

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