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SSC CGL (Prelims) General: Conjunctions questions with solutions

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Q1. Select the correct option: Hardly had the meeting begun ____ the power went out.

  1. when
  2. than
  3. then
  4. while

Answer: when

The correct correlative pair is 'hardly...when' to indicate that one event happened immediately after another. 'Than' is used with 'no sooner...than', not with 'hardly'.

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