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    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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