Question

Identify the correct order of the following events:
(A) Organisms reproduce in geometric progression
(B) Food production is in arithmetic progression
(C) Survival of the fittest
(D) Speciation
(E) Struggle for existence

Choose the correct option:

• A. A→E→C→B→D
  
• B. B→A→E→C→D
  
• C. A→B→C→E→D
  
• D. D→E→C→B→A
  

Answer 1

The correct option is B B→A→E→C→D


Darwin was influenced by the work of T.R. Malthus, according to whom food production increases in arithmetic progression while population growth in geometric progression. If this prevails, this leads to food shortage and struggle for existence and natural selection asserts itself.
Thus the correct sequence is B→A→E→C→D.