Most likely reason for development of resistance in insects against pesticides is-Acquired heritable changesDirected mutationsRandom mutationsGenetic recombination

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Most likely reason for development of resistance in insects against pesticides is?

Genetic recombination

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Acquired heritable changes

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Random mutations

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Directed mutations

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Solution

The correct option is C Random mutations
The most likely reason for the development of resistance against pesticides in insects damaging a crop is random mutations. All the other options are incorrect because they are not the most probable or the primary reason or are not a reason at all for developing resistance against pesticides.

So, the correct answer is 'Random mutations'.

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