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 four options, three 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. The puzzle of what kind of phenomenon life is | D. has pursued us throughout history. |
| B. One core observation though is that individual living things | E. and collectives of living things tend to be self-stabilizing. |
| C. There doesn’t seem to be any guarantee | F. that life will always make a planet more suitable for life. |
1
A-F and C-D
2
B-F
3
C-E
4
B-D
5
None of these