The following questions consist of an incomplete sentence that is split into four parts. All four parts are jumbled up and named P, Q, R, and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Arrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and find out which of the four combinations from the given options will correctly complete the sentence.

 

It was thought at the time that________________it scorched Europe and surrounding continents.

 

P.  however as the months turned into

Q. and that victory would be won easily and without much cost;

R. years and the war spread like hellfire,

S. the war wouldn’t last more than a few months,