Five coherent statements are given below. Rearrange them in a logical sequence and answer the question:
(A) During the decades preceding independence, as well as those after, India’s sole emphasis was on agriculture.
(B) Recently Indian government announced reintroduction of 8 cheetahs in Indian forest by translocating them from Namibia.
(C) While over-hunting was a major contributing factor for the cheetah’s extinction, the decimation of grassland-forest habitat also played a role.
(D) The aim behind the translocation is not only to restore India’s ‘historic evolutionary balance’, but also to develop a cheetah ‘metapopulation’.
(E) This included acquiring off grassland, which led to a decline in the cheetah’s habitat.
**Question:** Which of the following will be the first statement after rearrangement?

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1. To find the first statement, we look for the sentence that introduces the main topic or background.

2. Statement (C) discusses the causes of the cheetah’s extinction, mentioning over-hunting and habitat loss. This sets the context for the rest of the statements.

3. Other statements either refer to historical emphasis on agriculture (A), government action (B and D), or details about habitat loss (E), which logically follow after the introduction of the problem in (C).

4. Therefore, (C) is the most appropriate opening statement as it introduces the issue that the rest of the passage elaborates on.

**Answer:** (c) C

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