Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

The correct answer is Option (2) → There was hardly any milk left in the fridge, so Maa sent me to the dairy.

“Hardly” with “any”:

• Hardly means “almost not”. It already has the idea of “not” in it.
• So it is followed by any, never by “no”. “Hardly any milk” means “almost no milk”.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: You had better to carry an umbrella, as the sky over the stadium looks dark. — Incorrect. “Had better” is followed by the simple form of the verb, with no “to”.
Corrected: You had better carry an umbrella, as the sky over the stadium looks dark.

Option 3: The passengers in coach S4 requested for more blankets as the night grew colder. — Incorrect. The verb “request” takes the thing asked for directly after it, with no “for”.
Corrected: The passengers in coach S4 requested more blankets as the night grew colder.

Option 4: The ferry from Jorhat crosses Brahmaputra twice a day to reach Majuli. — Incorrect. The name of a river takes “the” before it.
Corrected: The ferry from Jorhat crosses the Brahmaputra twice a day to reach Majuli.