In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘ no improvement’.

Hardly he had come to the class when all the students started making a noise and caused disturbance in the class.

a)            Hardly he had came to the class

b)            Hardly had he came to the class

c)            Hardly had he come to the class

d)            No improvement

Sol:

When a sentence starts with ‘hardly/scarcely/no sooner or adverb’ inversion is used which means helping verb is used before the subject, so replace ‘he had come’ with ‘had he come’.