Question

Darwin was influenced by one of the following in proposing his theory of natural section______

• A. Malthus theory of population
• B. Cell theory
• C. Overflow of population
• D. Mendel's law of inheritance

Answer 1

The correct option is A Malthus theory of population

Thomas Malthus' opinions regarding the struggle to survive helped to inspire Charles Darwin in his development of the theory of natural selection. Darwin noted that the population-food imbalance postulated by Malthus would lead to competition between offspring. He considered that some of those offspring would be better equipped for the struggle than others, and so would flourish. This "survival of the fittest" became the central theme to Darwin's developing theory.

So the answer is 'Malthus theory of population'.