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 makes a correct sentence, mark ‘None of these’ as your answer.

 

Column (1)	Column (2)
A. Adolescents' developing cognitive abilities may promote a form of adolescent egocentrism,	D. a self-absorption is related to their developing sense of themselves as independent identities.
B. Adolescent egocentrism can make it hard for adolescents to	E. accept criticism and tolerate authority figures.
C. Adolescents may play to an imaginary audience of critical	F. observers and they may develop personal fables once they hit the egocentric stage.