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1. Though concern may be mounting at the dwindling population of the tiger, a lesser publicized fact is that the Asian elephant too has started its dreaded march to extinction.
A) Wild life conservationists say the progress has been abysmally slow and those in charge of running the project are not even clear why the elephant population has been rapidly declining over the years.
B) Though India, which has a long history of man-elephant links, possesses the largest population of elephants – 24,000 against around 40,000 in the whole of Asia – the Indian elephant too is on its way to obsolescence.
C) Wild life conservationists who had declared the Asian elephant an endangered species back in 1959 say that its plight is worse than that of its African counterpart.
D) Over a decade ago the government launched ‘ Project Elephant’ or 'Gajatme' to save the imperiled pachyderm.
6. It is ironical that the elephant which has been a part of the Indian mythology should suffer this plight.
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A) Wild life conservationists say the progress has been abysmally slow and those in charge of running the project are not even clear why the elephant population has been rapidly declining over the years.
B) Though India, which has a long history of man-elephant links, possesses the largest population of elephants – 24,000 against around 40,000 in the whole of Asia – the Indian elephant too is on its way to obsolescence.
C) Wild life conservationists who had declared the Asian elephant an endangered species back in 1959 say that its plight is worse than that of its African counterpart.
D) Over a decade ago the government launched ‘ Project Elephant’ or 'Gajatme' to save the imperiled pachyderm.
6. It is ironical that the elephant which has been a part of the Indian mythology should suffer this plight.
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Solution
Sentence A cannot follow 1 because while 1 speaks about the dwindling elephant population A speaks about ‘progress’, which has no reference in 1. B cannot follow 1 because both the sentences begin with ‘Though’ and stylistically this is not good. D cannot follow 1 because the reference is specifically to India while 1 has been about Asian elephants. Sentence C can ideally follow 1 because 1 mentions the reduction in the number of Asiatic elephants and C continues saying that the plight of the Asian elephant is ‘worse than its African counterpart’. Sentence B should follow C since it compares the population of elephants in India as compared to elephants in whole of Asia. Sentence B talkes about the scenario of elephants in India, which can be followed by sentence D that talks about project launched by 'the government'. Sentence A should logically follow D because of the reference to 'the project' in sentence D given by the words '...those in charge of running the project' in sentence A.
Thus, the arrangement of the sentences should be in the order CBDA.
Thus, the arrangement of the sentences should be in the order CBDA.
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