LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What did Darwin mean by “Survival of the Fittest”?
A
The organisms that were the weakest would survive
B
The most successful organisms were those who survived to pass on their genes to their offspring
C
Less babies were born to the fittest parents
D
Organisms were the most fit who acquired traits during their life that gave them advantages over other organisms of the same species
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition (published in 1869) of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing.

Detailed explanation-2: -The survival of the fittest theory was put forward by Charles Darwin and he suggested that the organisms best adapted to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. Natural selection: It is a key feature of evolution that was proposed by Charles Darwin.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Darwin’s Origin of Species, it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.

Detailed explanation-4: -The correct option is b, natural selection. Darwin presents the idea that natural selection is a mechanism of evolution.

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