S1: The Great Depression was a period of unemployment, low profits, low prices of goods, high poverty and a stand-still trade market that affected the entire world.
S6: Most notably among these was the New Deal, which involved large scale federal relief programmes, aid to agriculture, support for labour unions, etc.
P: It began around 1929 and lasted till the mid-1930s.
Q: Though the stock market crash of 1929 did not cause the Depression, it certainly increased the difficulty of recovery.
R: The worst hit sectors were heavy industry, agriculture, mining and logging.
S: The Depression ended in 1935 and led to major political initiatives.

The correct answer is 'Option 1'.

Key Points

• S1: The Great Depression was a period of unemployment, low profits, low prices of goods, high poverty and a stand-still trade market that affected the entire world.
  • This sentence provides a definition of the Great Depression and its global scope.
• Q: Though the stock market crash of 1929 did not cause the Depression, it certainly increased the difficulty of recovery.
  • This sentence introduces a significant event (the 1929 stock market crash) that is closely associated with the beginning of the Depression, clarifying its role. This serves as a strong follow-up to the definition.
• P: It began around 1929 and lasted till the mid-1930s.
  • This sentence provides the overall timeline for the Great Depression, directly referencing the year "1929" mentioned in Q, and establishing its duration.
• R: The worst hit sectors were heavy industry, agriculture, mining and logging.
  • After defining the period and its timeline, this sentence details the specific impacts and consequences of the Depression by listing the worst-affected economic sectors.
• S: The Depression ended in 1935 and led to major political initiatives.
  • This sentence marks the conclusion of the Depression (the year 1935 aligns with "mid-1930s" in P) and serves as a direct lead-in to S6 by mentioning the "major political initiatives" that followed.
• S6: Most notably among these was the New Deal, which involved large scale federal relief programmes, aid to agriculture, support for labour unions, etc.
  • This concluding sentence elaborates on the "major political initiatives" introduced in S, specifically naming and describing the New Deal.
• The sequence Q-P-R-S creates a coherent narrative: defining the period, introducing a key related event and timeline, detailing its impact, and finally describing its end and resulting actions, leading to the concluding sentence.
   

Coherent paragraph after rearrangement:

S1: The Great Depression was a period of unemployment, low profits, low prices of goods, high poverty and a stand-still trade market that affected the entire world.
Q: Though the stock market crash of 1929 did not cause the Depression, it certainly increased the difficulty of recovery.
P: It began around 1929 and lasted till the mid-1930s.
R: The worst hit sectors were heavy industry, agriculture, mining and logging.
S: The Depression ended in 1935 and led to major political initiatives.
S6: Most notably among these was the New Deal, which involved large scale federal relief programmes, aid to agriculture, support for labour unions, etc.