In the following question, two columns are given, containing three phrases each. A phrase from the first column may or may not connect with a phrase from the second column to make a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. Any one among these options may display the correct combination in which the phrases can be joined to form a correct sentence or multiple correct sentences. If none of the phrases makes a correct sentence, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| A. Cats can be infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and spread it to other cats, but | D. were deliberately infected with high doses of the virus, SARS-CoV-2, and do not represent real-life interactions between people and their pets. |
| B. The results are based on lab experiments in which a small number of animals | E. dogs are not really susceptible to the infection, according to researchers in China. |
| C. With the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world, some | F. have raised concerns about whether the virus can pass between pets and people. |
1
B-E
2
C-F and B-D
3
A-D
4
C-D
5
None of these