AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-1998

  • question_answer
    Discovery of fossils of cyanobacteria indicates that life originated sometime

    A)  prior to 4600 million years ago

    B)  between 4600 and 3600 million years ago

    C)  more than 3600 million years ago

    D)  during some other period.

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    : Cyanobacteria (cyanophyta) are group of bacteria, previously known as blue-green algae. They are unicellular and non-motile, often coated with mucilagenous slime, and the photosynthetic membranes occur as thylakoids within the cell cytoplasm rather than being in a membrane-bounded chloroplast. The cyanobacteria have an extensive fossil record. The oldest known fossils, in fact, are cyanobacteria from Archaean rocks of western Australia, dated 3.5 billion years old.


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