Question

The electrically active colloidal complexes of organic compounds in the primitive sea were called as coacervates by

• A. Sydney Fox
• B. I. B. S. Haldane
• C. A. I. Oparin
• D. Stanley Miller

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Oparin concluded the fact that life originated from organic molecules which turned to complex molecules. He proposed that the molecules formed colloid aggregates, or 'coacervates', in an aqueous environment. The coacervates were able to absorb and assimilate organic compounds from the environment in a way reminiscent of metabolism. They would have taken part in evolutionary processes, eventually leading to the first lifeforms. Sydney Fox, Haldane, and Miller did not proposed the name coacervatives.

So, the correct answer is option C.