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Direction: In the following questions, you have several brie f passages with some questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage - IV

Recently, a newspaper article mourned the total disappearance of the common house sparrow. This was a comment on the city's perceptible move towards edging out the flora and fauna of the city. In the rapid urbanisation, multistoried apartments grew and large- scale felling of trees became necessary. Last week, however, seven pairs of these sparrows were spotted in a suburb. Possibly the greener of this place has created a new habitat for these birds which have liked their proximity to human beings, and have made a come-back. A systematic development of trees and shrubs all over the city could woo the absentee house sparrow to our midst.

The decrease in the number of house sparrows in urban areas is because of

A) the felling of trees

B) poor maintenance of gardens

C) severe water shortage

D) their being driven out by the residents