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. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases can be joined to form a correct sentence. If none of the phrases make a correct sentence, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer.
| Column (1) | Column (2) |
| (A) Charles Darwin's masterwork, the 1859 "Origin of Species," offered ample evidence | (D) in science and is the unifying theory of biological science. |
| (B) The theory that modern humans originated in many places simultaneously, in contrast | (E) are as old as the earliest Homo fossils found in Africa; and that Homo erectus might have originated in Asia |
| (C) Evolution is among the most substantiated concepts | (F) for evolution having occurred, as well as the first strong explanation for its mechanism, natural selection. |
1
A-F and C-D
2
A-D and C-F
3
C-E and B-D
4
A-D and B-E
5
None of these