Question

In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts. Choose the part of the sentence which may contain a grammatical error in it. If all the parts of the sentence are grammatically correct and contextually meaningful, choose option “no error” as your answer choice. Hardly had the revised guidelines, issued by the regulatory authority(

Q: Answer-In the following questions, a sentence is divided into four parts. Choose the part of the sentence w...

This sentence uses the structure Hardly had when, which is a fixed grammatical pattern that requires the past perfect tense. Since the subject the revised guidelines is not performing the action but receiving it, the passive voice must be used. The phrase had implemented is therefore incomplete and incorrect because it lacks the auxiliary verb been. The correct construction should be had been implemented. Because this structural error appears in part B, that option is the correct answer.