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Lithosphere comprises :

  1. Pedosphere and outer crust.

  2. Outer crust and lower crust .

  3. Pedosphere, outer crust and lower crust.

  4. Crust and part of upper mantle.


Correct Option: D

Concentration of ozone in troposphere is :

  1. 0.05 ppm

  2. 0.1 ppm

  3. 1.5 ppm

  4. 10.0 ppm


Correct Option: A

Which was not present freely in the early atmosphere of the earth?

  1. Water

  2. Carbon monoxide

  3. Hydrogen

  4. Oxygen


Correct Option: A

Thickness of lithosphere is

  1. 20 km

  2. 40 km

  3. 70 km

  4. 10 - 18 km.


Correct Option: B

Lithosphere comprises

  1. Crust part of earth

  2. Crust and outer part of mantle

  3. 1-2 km thick cover of earth comprising rocks

  4. Outer 10-15 km thick crust of earth.


Correct Option: C

Study of impact of extra-terrestrial environments on organisms belonging to earth is component of

  1. Ecology

  2. Cosmology

  3. Exobiology

  4. Ethnology.


Correct Option: C

Archaeology and linguistics are constituents of

  1. Ethology

  2. Ethnology

  3. Anthropometry

  4. Anthropology.


Correct Option: D

Assertion : Formation of new species is called speciation.

Reason : The deme has a common gene pool.

  1. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

  2. If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion

  3. If the assertion is true but the reason is false

  4. If both the assertion and reason are false

  5. If the assertion is false but reason is true


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The phenomenon of development of a new species from pre - existing one is called speciation. A species is a collection of demes. The deme is a groups of populations with a common gene pool.

The sphere of living matter found on the surface of earth comprises

  1. Lithosphere

  2. Hydrosphere

  3. Atmosphere

  4. Biosphere


Correct Option: D

State whether the following statements are true or false .
Horowitz showed that the earliest organisms were probably heterotrophs.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Beadle, Tatum and Horowitz showed that the earliest organisms were probably heterotrophs.

So, the statement is True.
the correct statement is 'Horowitz showed that the earliest organisms were probably heterotrophs.'