Q. Phrase ‘Survival of the Fittest’ was used by

A) Hugo de Vries
B) Charles Darwin
C) Herbert Spencer
D) Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Explanation

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) used the words ‘survival of the fittest’ for natural selection. According to it, in the struggle for existence, only those individuals survive, which possess the most useful variations. This has been called natural selection by Darwin.

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