Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank He had hardly gone a few kilometres his car ...........

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He had hardly gone a few kilometres ______ his car broke down.

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SSC CPO 13th Dec 2019 Shift-1

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where

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- "He had hardly gone a few kilometres when his car broke down."

- Correct!

- This phrase implies the car broke down immediately after he had traveled only a short distance.

- "He had hardly gone a few kilometres that his car broke down."

- Not quite right.

- "That" does not fit grammatically in this context as it does not express the idea of time or sequence.

- "He had hardly gone a few kilometres where his car broke down."

- Incorrect.

- "Where" introduces a place, not a sequence of actions.

- "He had hardly gone a few kilometres than his car broke down."

- Incorrect usage.

- "Than" usually compares differences and doesn't apply for the time sequence needed here.

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