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Option 3 : Hardly had he reached

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सही उत्तर Hardly had he reached है।

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Question:

Improve the underlined part: Hardly he had reached the lab when the results arrived.

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No sooner he had reached
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Scarcely he had reached
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Hardly had he reached
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Hardly he had reached

Correct Answer: Hardly had he reached

After "hardly/scarcely", inversion is mandatory: "Hardly had he reached". Options (a) and (b) keep the uninverted order, and (d) repeats the original error.

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