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Given below is the body of a report with four blanks. Fill those blanks with P, Q, R, S, in correct order, to make the report readable and meaningful.

On September 8, 1965, Pakistan had launched its ultimate offensive in Punjab's Khemkaran sector. The backbone of this attack -- the newly acquired Patton tanks from America. _____ (I) _____said Major Vikramaditya of 3rd cavalry regiment which took on the Pattons. "But despite all this, it is not the machine that wins you the war. It is the men behind those machines. ?The Indian

_____ (II) _____tanks.

The Pakistani army had met with initial success and captured Khemkaran. The Indian_____ (III) ____defensive position with Asal Uttar as its focal point.

On September 9, Pakistani tanks were lured into this trap. By the next day, the Pakistani forces were in a disarray. On September 11, the Indian army completed victory formalities. ______ (IV) _____It lost 97 tanks -- including 72 Pattons; 32 tanks were captured in running condition -- some of them were kept as war trophies by the victor regiments. India lost only 5 tanks.

P: Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat.

Q: "The Patton tanks were the most advanced then...their fire power better, their armour thicker,"

R: contingent fell back, and as part of a tactical

maneuver, assumed a horseshoe shaped

S: Army took on the Pattons with World War II era

A)  PQRS

B)  QSRP

C)  RPSQ,

D)  QSPR

E)  None of these