Select the phrase/connector from the given options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences.
India remains, for the most part, extremely poor. Its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms
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India remains, for the most part, extremely poor, also, its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms.
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For the most part, India remains extremely rich; however its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms.
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India remains, for the most part, extremely poor; however its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms.
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India remains, for the most part, extremely poor since its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms.
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For the most part, India remains extremely rich; as soon as its population is so enormous that even a relatively small middle class is large in absolute terms.