Following are the two statements regarding the origin of life
(a) the earliest organisms that appeared on the earth were nongreen and presumably anaerobic
The first autotrophic organisms were the chemoautotrophs that never released oxygen.
Of the above statements which one of following options is correct

Options

A. II is correct but I is false
B. Both I and II are correct
C. Both I and II are false
D. I is correct but II is false

Answer

B

Explanation

The earliest organisms that appeared on earth were anaerobic chemoautotrophs.
Chemoautotrophs were the first autotrophic orgarnsms. They were unable to perform photolysis of water and never released oxygen, e.g. sulphur bacteria.