Question

'Only those organisms which have developed advantageous variations have a better chance of survival'. This idea of Darwin's came to be known as:

• A. Survival of the fittest
• B. Natural selection
• C. Struggle for existence
• D. Variation

Answer 1

The correct option is A Survival of the fittest

According to Darwin, the organisms are constantly competing with one another for food, water and other resources. Only those organisms which have developed advantageous variations have a better chance at survival. All those organisms which were less adapted or not adapted at all eventually got eliminated. This came to be known as survival of the fittest.