Question

Given below is a sentence with or without an error. The error, if any, is in one part of the sentence. Choose the correct part which contains the error. In case no error; choose option e ‘no error’.

Hardly I had met him at the station than his father arrived to take him to the hostel.

A Hardly I had met him Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B at the station Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C than his father arrived Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D to take him to the hostel Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

With the adverbs like ‘hardly’, ‘scarcely’, ‘rarely’ etc, ‘when’ is used. Instead of ‘than’ we should use ‘when’. 

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