NEET Biology The Living World / जीव जगत Question Bank Assertion and Reason

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    Assertion                :       First time Darwin used the phrase "survival of the fittest".            Reason        :       The survival of the fittest is the reuslt of natural selection.

    A)             If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion

    B)             If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion 

    C)             If the assertion is true but the reason is false

    D)             If both the assertion and reason are false

    E) If the assertion is false but reason is true

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

                                             (e)       Originally it was an idea of Herbert Spencer, who used the phrase "the survival of the fittest" first time. While Darwin named it as "natural selection". Due to various struggles for existence, only those individuals survive which are best fitted to new conditions of life and the least fitted are the first to perish. These indviduals show high selective value and in the course of time show various adaptive modification. The survival of the fittest is the result of natural selection, which enforces adapations.  


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