Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the question given below.

(A) Other resources are also heavily over-exploited in many of these regions. Depletion is causing economic and social distress in rural areas, though the manifestation is different in different settings.

(B) The government finance for well digging and pump installation with capital subsidies, massive rural electrification and pervasive energy subsidies all have enabled this process to aggravate.

(C) Groundwater is the backbone of rural economy in both semi-arid and arid regions of India.

(D) In the alluvial areas of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, water tables keep falling, increasing the cost of pumping.

(E) The past four decades have witnessed an explosion in well numbers in these regions for irrigated farming.

(F) Moreover, in the hard rock areas of AP, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra, there are rampant well failures and seasonal depletion.

**Question:** Which among the following becomes the SECOND statement of the paragraph after rearrangement?

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Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and then answer the question given below.

(A) Other resources are also heavily over-exploited in many of these regions. Depletion is causing economic and social distress in rural areas, though the manifestation is different in different settings.

(B) The government finance for well digging and pump installation with capital subsidies, massive rural electrification and pervasive energy subsidies all have enabled this process to aggravate.

(C) Groundwater is the backbone of rural economy in both semi-arid and arid regions of India.

(D) In the alluvial areas of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, water tables keep falling, increasing the cost of pumping.

(E) The past four decades have witnessed an explosion in well numbers in these regions for irrigated farming.

(F) Moreover, in the hard rock areas of AP, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra, there are rampant well failures and seasonal depletion.

**Question:** Which among the following becomes the SECOND statement of the paragraph after rearrangement?

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**Solution:**

1. The paragraph logically begins with sentence (C) because it introduces the main subject: groundwater as the backbone of rural economy in semi-arid and arid regions of India.

2. Next, sentence (E) follows as it describes the increase in well numbers over the past four decades for irrigated farming, which relates directly to groundwater usage.

3. Sentence (B) comes third, explaining how government subsidies and electrification have contributed to this increase.

4. Sentence (D) logically follows, describing the falling water tables in alluvial areas, which is a consequence of increased groundwater extraction.

5. Sentence (F) then discusses the well failures and seasonal depletion in hard rock areas, continuing the theme of groundwater issues.

6. Finally, sentence (A) concludes by mentioning the over-exploitation of other resources and the resulting economic and social distress.

Thus, the correct sequence is: **C → E → B → D → F → A**.

Therefore, the SECOND statement in the paragraph after rearrangement is sentence (E).

**Answer:** (c) E

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