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Coach General Awareness

  • (A) Darwin
  • (B) Huxley
  • (C) William
  • (D) Lamarck
Correct Answer - Option(A)

Explanation by: Official MCQ Buddy

The phrase "Survival of the fittest" was first coined by Herbert Spencer in 1864 after reading Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Later, Darwin adopted this phrase in the 5th edition (1869) of his book to describe natural selection more accurately.

Thus, while Spencer coined it, Darwin popularized it in evolutionary theory.

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