Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence If the...........

English Language (CGL) One Word Substitution

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute

it, select No improvement.

Scarcely had the passengers boarded the plane when the captain welcomed them.

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SSC CGL 7th March 2020 Shift-2

No improvement

than the captain welcomes them

when the captain had welcomed them

that the captain welcomed them

- Option 1: No improvement

- The original sentence is correctly structured.

- "Scarcely" is followed by an inversion of the subject and auxiliary verb, which is correct.

- Correct Answer

- Option 2: than the captain welcomes them

- This is incorrect because "than" is used for comparisons, not time conjunctions.

- Option 3: when the captain had welcomed them

- This uses past perfect tense for both actions unnecessarily.

- It suggests that welcoming happened before boarding, which is illogical.

- Option 4: that the captain welcomed them

- Replacing "when" with "that" disrupts the sequential relationship.

- "That" is not a time conjunction.

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