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Given below is a passage in jumbled parts, marked P, Q, R, S. Arrange those parts to make the proper sequence of the passage.

P: The study was conducted on 10,000 healthy, non-smoking individuals in Jaipur, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Kashmir.

Q: The main reason for worsening lung health of

India was air pollution. "The number of motor vehicles, a major contributor to air pollution, in India has gone up from 37.2 million in 1997 to 100 million in 2012. In 1951, there were just 0.3 million motor vehicles," said Dr. Sundeep Salvi, director of Pune-based Chest Research Foundation.

R: In another proof that worsening air quality in

Indian cities is affecting people's health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned.

S: Similar results were seen in an international study on lung function in 17 countries, including India, by Canadian researchers. Indians were found to have the worst lungs in the study which measured the volume of air exhaled one second after a forceful exhalation. The test is called forced expiratory volume (FEV).

A) PQRS

B) RPSQ

C) SRQP

D) RQPS

E) None of these