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Question
Which of the following is present today but was absent about 3.5 billion years ago?
Options
nitrogen
oxygen
hydrogen
methane
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Solution
Oxygen
Explanation:
Free oxygen was absent from the reducing primitive atmosphere and accumulated later after photosynthetic organisms evolved. Nitrogen, hydrogen and methane were among gases associated with early Earth.
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