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Given below are six sentences of a paragraph. The first and last sentences are fixed as S1 and S6. Rearrange the four sentences P, Q, R, and S between them to form a coherent paragraph. S1: The Great Depression was a period of unemployment, low profits, low prices of goods, high poverty and a stand-still trade market that affected the entire world. S6: Most notably among these was the New Deal, which involved large scale federal relief programmes, aid to agriculture, support for labour unions, etc. P: It began around 1929 and lasted till the mid-1930s. Q: Though the stock market crash of 1929 did not cause the Depression, it certainly increased the difficulty of recovery. R: The worst hit sectors were heavy industry, agriculture, mining and logging. S: The Depression ended in 1935 and led to major political initiatives.