Step 1: Identifying animal footprints.
Each animal has a distinct footprint based on its body shape and the way it walks. We need to match each animal with its corresponding footprint based on these characteristics.
Step 2: Analyzing the options.
(A) 1 - P, 2 - R, 3 - S, 4 - S: This is incorrect, as the animal and footprint matches do not align correctly.
(B) 1 - Q, 2 - R, 3 - S, 4 - P: This is incorrect, as the animals and their corresponding footprints do not match correctly.
(C) 1 - P, 2 - S, 3 - R, 4 - Q: This is correct. Animal 1 (cat) matches with footprint P, animal 2 (horse) matches with footprint S, animal 3 (cow) matches with footprint R, and animal 4 (dog) matches with footprint Q.
(D) 1 - R, 2 - S, 3 - P, 4 - Q: This is incorrect because the footprints do not correspond to the correct animals.
Step 3: Conclusion.
The correct answer is (C) because it accurately matches the animals with their respective footprints.