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Directions: In this section each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and ‘labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on Answer Sheet.

S1: For several million years, humans lived by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.

S6: As a result, conditions were favourable for the growth of grasses such as wild barley and wheat.

P: This led to the development of farming and pastoralism as a way of life.

Q: This change took place because the last ice age came to an end about 13,000 years ago and with that warmer, wetter conditions prevailed.

R: Then, between 10,000 and 4,500 years ago, people in different parts of the world learnt to domesticate certain plants and animals.

S: The shift from foraging to farming was a major turning point in the human history.

The correct sequence should be:

QSPR
SPQR
PSQR
RPSQ

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