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Assertion (A): Natural selection is the phenomenon by which the nature selects those species which possess survival advantage over the other species.
Reason (R): According to theory of natural selection, there is struggle of existence within the species of a population for the environmental resources and their struggle leads to survival of certain organisms and elimination of the less competent species.

A

Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

B

Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.

C

A is true but R is false.

D

A is false and R is true.

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Natural selection is the phenomenon by which the nature selects those species which possess survival advantage over the other species. According to theory of natural selection, there is struggle of existence within the species of a population for the environmental resources and their struggle leads to survival of certain organisms and elimination of the less competent species.
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