NEET Biology question

Assertion: Adaptive ability is inherited. Reason: Fitness is the end result of the ability to adapt and get selected by nature.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for Assertion
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (B)

Solution

Heritable adaptive ability is indeed required for natural selection to act, so the Assertion is true, and it is also true that fitness reflects an organism's adaptedness and its success

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