NEET 2013 Biology question

According to Darwin, the organic evolution is due to :

(1)Intraspecific competition
(2)Interspecific competitionCorrect
(3)Competition within closely related species
(4)Reduced feeding efficiency in one species due to the presence of interfering species

Answer: (2)

Solution

Darwin's theory of natural selection rests on the struggle for existence for limited food, space and mates. In the standard NEET key for this question the competition credited as driving organic evolution is interspecific competition: organisms of different species compete for the same resources, so the variants that

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