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Darwin judged the fitness of individual through :

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Ability to defend
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Strategy for obtaining food
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Number of offspring
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Dominance over others
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Solution

The correct option is C Number of offspring
Darwinian fitness of an organism if focused on it's reproductive fitness. It states that any species having better adaptibility will leave progenies through reproduction and thus will ensure continuity on earth more than less adaptive ones. Reproductively fit individuals survive and are selected by nature.
So, the correct answer is 'Number of offspring'

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