Question

By the statement "Survival of the Fittest" Darwin meant that...............

• A. The strongest of all species survives
• B. The most intelligent of the species survives
• C. The cleverest of the species survives
• D. The most adaptable of the species to changes survives

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The organisms which are provided with favourable variations would survive, because they are the fittest to face their surroundings, while the unfit are eliminated. Originally it was an idea of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) who used the phrase 'the survival of the fittest' first time. While Darwin named it as natural selection.