Sentence Completion - English (MCQ) for Bank, MBA, CAT, MAT, GMAT, SSC for Q. 20849
Q. Select the most effective word from the options given below to fill in the blank and complete the sentence meaningfully.
She had hardly seen her mother ______ she stopped crying.- Published on 11 Apr 16a. then
b. than
c. when
d. so
ANSWER: when
Here, the sentence intends to communicate that, As soon as the girl saw her mother, she stopped crying.
The action of seeing her mother and stopped crying are performed simultaneously.
Hardly is always followed by the word when.
The confusion here may arise between the options 'b' and 'c' i.e. than and when.
Here, you must always remember that the conjunction used with 'Hardly' is 'when”
Example: Hardly had the husband entered the house when the wife started complaining.
