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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 Cretaceous Period extends from about 146 million years ago to 65 million years ago. S6: During this period, enormous quantity of basaltic lava was poured out to the surface assuming a great thickness of over three thousand meters. P: Apart from deposits this period is marked by the transgression of the sea and outpouring of huge quantity of lava so as to form the Deccan trap and intrusion of plutonic rocks such as gabbro and granite. Q: Towards the end of the Cretaceous Period the peninsula was affected by intense volcanic activity. R: This outpouring has been very widely distributed in the country with divergent facies of deposits being found in different parts of India. S: In contrast to the relatively newer Himalayas, these facies that are found in different parts of India are much older in origin.