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English Language Ph-1&2 (RBI) Idiom & Phrases

In the following question, two columns are given containing a connector and three phrases each. In the first column, the phrases are A, B and C and in the second column, the phrases are D, E and F. You have to make meaningful sentences using the connectors in the starting and from the phrases of both the columns. There are five options, four of which display the sequence(s) in which the phrases with the connectors can be joined to form a grammatically and contextually correct sentence. If none of the options given forms a correct sentence after combination, select ‘none of these’ as your answer.

C-F

C-F & A-E

A-D

A-D & B-E

None of these

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Explanation:

Hardly....when is simply used to combine or rewrite sentences denoting two simultaneous past actions. Thus, there are two possible pairs that happen to connect in the same manner .i.e. A-D & B-E, making the grammatical and contextual sense.
Reframed sentences: (I) Hardly had they spoken these words when the door opened and Arion himself stood before them. (II) Hardly had I closed my eyes when I began to imagine the most fantastic shapes.