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    Question

    In the following questions, a part of the sentence is

    underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part. Select the option that best improves the sentence. If no improvement is required, select “No improvement”. Hardly had she organised her schedule than she realised how much time was being wasted daily.
    A when she realised Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B then she realised Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C before she realised Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D than she realises Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Explanation: With “Hardly”, the correct correlative is “when”, not “than”. Correct structure: Hardly… when… Option A fixes the grammatical error. Hence, option A is correct.

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