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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: Drought is a continuous and lengthy period during which no significant rainfall is recorded during the rainy season. S6: In India, droughts are more frequent in the areas where the average annual rainfall is less than 60 cm and the variability of rainfall is over 20 per cent. P: This definition however, does not apply to Mawsynram and Cherrapunji, where even one week recording less than 0.25 mm of rainfall may be considered as a drought period. Q: In general, the areas recording less than 60 cm of rainfall annually and in which the variability of rainfall is more than 20 per cent are the drought prone areas in India. R: In India, the Meteorological Department has defined drought as a period of at least 22 consecutive days on none of which is there more than 0.25 mm of rainfall. S: Areas where the variability of rainfall varies between 20 to 60 per cent are the chronic drought prone areas.