Five coherent statements are given below. Rearrange them in a logical sequence and answer the question: (A) During the decades preceding independence,...

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?