question_answer 12)

  The theory of spontaneous generation stated that (a) life arose from living forms only (b) life can arise from both living and non-living (c) life can arise from non-living things only (d) life arises spontaneously, neither from living nor from the non-living.

Answer:

                  (c) The theory of spontaneous generation stated that life can arise from non-living thingsonly. It is also known as abiogenesis. Louis Pasteur by careful experimentation disapproved this theory and demonstrated that life arose from living forms (pre-existing life).