Each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. Find the proper sequence.
S1: Farming is the main production activity in the village.
S6: The new ways of farming need less land, but much more capital.
P: These have allowed the farmers to produce more crops from the same amount of land.
Q: Over the years there have been many important changes in the way farming is practised.
R: But in raising production, a great deal of pressure has been put on land and other natural resources.
S: This is an important achievement, since land is fixed and scarce.
The correct sequence should be
- AQPSR
- BRSPQ
- CSRPQ
- DPRSQ
Explanation
Q notes the changes in farming, P their effect (more crops from the same land), S calls this an achievement (land is scarce), R adds the 'But' — pressure on resources — and S6 concludes with the new capital-intensive ways. QPSR; the other orders break the 'These'/'This' reference chains.