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Direction: In the following questions, the first and the last sentences of a passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct.

1. Now-a-days, soap is going almost out of use as a washing agent.

P. They produce lather due to the presence of calcium salts in water.

Q. Its place has been occupied by a new range of chemicals, called detergents-

R. So, they are called soapless soaps.

S. Detergents are not soaps because they are not sodium or potassium derivatives of fatty acids, as a normal soap is.

6. There are better washing agents than soap, but scientists are not yet sure if their use is harmless to man.

A) SQRP               

B) QSRP              

C) SQPR               

D) QPRS