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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 24

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 3 • English • Q24

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Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No Improvement.

No soon the Chief Minister step in than the bomb exploded.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. No sooner did the Chief Minister.

  1. A sentence containing a negative adverb must be written in the form of inversion.
  2. Inversion just means putting the verb before the subject.
  3. As the second verb of the statement is in the simple past we need to keep the underlined statement in the same tense as well.
  4. The chosen option follows the given rule hence, it will improve the statement correctly.

The correct sentence will be- 

No sooner did the Chief Minister step in than the bomb exploded.