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History GK · Q394

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Competitive Exams · History GK · question 394

Q394

Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"?

A.
Auguste Comte
B.
Charles Darwin
C.
Emile Durkheim
D.
Herbert Spencer
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) was an English philosopher who initiated a philosophy called 'Social Darwinism'. He coined the term 'survival of the fittest' seven years before Darwin's publication of his theory of natural history, The Origin of the Species in 1859.