Choose the sentences in which the conjunction is used correctly:
(A) No sooner had the library doors opened than the students rushed to the reference section.
(B) Pooja not only plays the sitar but also the tabla.
(C) The guard will not let you into the hall unless you show your pass.
(D) This year’s mangoes are so sweet as last year’s.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A) and (C) only
(A) No sooner had the library doors opened than the students rushed to the reference section. — Correct.
- “No sooner” goes with “than”.
- When a sentence begins with “No sooner”, the helping verb comes before the subject: “had the library doors opened”.
(B) Pooja not only plays the sitar but also the tabla. — Incorrect.
- “Not only” and “but also” must be followed by the same kind of word.
- Here “but also” comes before a thing (“the tabla”), so “not only” must also come before a thing (“the sitar”), not before the verb “plays”.
- Correct form: Pooja plays not only the sitar but also the tabla.
(C) The guard will not let you into the hall unless you show your pass. — Correct.
- “Unless” means “if not”.
- Its own part takes no extra “not”, and there is none here.
(D) This year’s mangoes are so sweet as last year’s. — Incorrect.
- When two things are equal, the pair is “as ... as”.
- “So ... as” is used only in a “not” sentence (“not so sweet as”).
- Correct form: This year’s mangoes are as sweet as last year’s.