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Question
CBSEENBI12047073

Assertion: Natural selection is the outcome of differences in survival and reproduction among individuals that show variation in one or more traits.

Reason: Adaptive forms of a given trait tend to become more common; less adaptive ones become less common or disappear.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.

Solution

A.

If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

Natural selection is a process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype, or genetic constitution.