Banking Exams English — Question 1866

Question

Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: 'Hardly had the meeting begun (A)/ when the power supply (B)/ was suddenly cut off. (C)/ No error (D)'

  1. Hardly had the meeting begun
  2. when the power supply
  3. was suddenly cut off.
  4. No error

Correct answer

D — No error

Explanation (English)

The correlative pair 'Hardly ... when' is used correctly, with the past perfect ('had begun') in the first clause and the simple past in the second. The sentence is grammatically sound, so the answer is 'No error'.

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