TRANSFORMATION OF SENTENCES (ACTIVE/PASSIVE)
     Directions (46-50) : In the fol-           (4) I was told by somebody that     alternatives suggested below, select
lowing questions, a sentence has been               there had been an explosion     the one which best expresses the same
given in Active Voice. Out of the four              in the Town Hall.               sentence in Passive Voice.
alternatives suggested, select the one          Directions (51–55) : In the fol-      (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit)
which best expresses the same sen-         lowing questions, a sentence has been                Exam. 26.11.2006 (IInd Sitting)
tence in Passive Voice.                    given in Active/Passive voice. Out of     56. Why haven’t they allowed you to
            (SSC Statistical Investigators the four alternatives suggested, select       go?
             Grade-IV Exam. 13.08.2006)    the one which best expresses the same         (1) Why you haven’t been allowed
 46. Mr. Sen asked him a question.         sentence in Passive/Active voice.                  to go?
     (1) He was asked a question Mr.              (SSC Tax Assistant (Income Tax &
                                                                                         (2) Why haven’t you been allowed
         Sen.                                     Central Excise) Exam. 12.11.2006)           to go?
     (2) He was asked a question to         51. Circumstances will oblige me to go.      (3) Why were you not allowed to
         Mr. Sen.                               (1) I will oblige the circumstanc-            go?
     (3) He was asked a question by                 es and go.                           (4) Why you were not allowed to
         Mr. Sen.                               (2) I shall be obliged to go by the           go?
     (4) A question was being asked                 circumstances.
                                                                                     57. I expected him to give us finan-
         by Mr. Sen.                            (3) Under the circumstances, I           cial aid.
 47. People speak English all over the              should go.
                                                                                         (1) It was expected of him to give
     world.                                     (4) I would be obliged by the cir-            us financial aid.
     (1) English is spoken all over the             cumstances to go.                    (2) Let it be expected that he
         world.                             52. We waste much time on trifles.                would give us finacial aid.
     (2) English was spoken all over            (1) Much time was wasted on tri-         (3) It was expected by me that
         the world.                                 fles.                                     he will give us financial aid.
     (3) English was spoken by peo-             (2) Much time will be wasted on          (4) He may be expected to give
         ple.                                       trifles.                                  us financial aid.
     (4) English is spoken by people.           (3) Much time is wasted by us on     58. Tobacco manufacturers are mak-
 48. The teacher punished the boys                  trifles.                             ing considerable efforts to gain
     who had not done their home                (4) Much time is wasted on tri-          new clients.
     work.                                          fles.                                (1) Considerable efforts are be-
     (1) The boys who had not done          53. Mohan gave the beggar an old                  ing made by tobacco manu-
         their homework had been                shirt.                                        facturers to gain new clients.
         punished by their teacher.             (1) An old shirt was given to Mo-        (2) Considerable efforts being
     (2) The boys were punished by                  han by the beggar.                        made by tobacco manufactur-
         their teacher who had not              (2) An old shirt was given to the             ers to gain new clients.
         done their homework.                       beggar by Mohan.                     (3) Considerable efforts are made
     (3) The boys who had not done              (3) The beggar was gave an old                by tobacco manufacturers to
         their homework were pun-                   shirt by Mohan.                           gain new clients.
         ished by the teacher.                  (4) An old shirt was gave to the         (4) To gain new clients by tobac-
     (4) The boys who had not done                  beggar by Mohan.                          co manufacturers consider-
         their homework were being                                                            able efforts are being made.
                                            54. They have made him a king.
         punished by the teacher.
                                                (1) A king has been made by him.     59. Has anybody done all the work?
 49. The Principal has granted him a                                                     (1) Have all the work been done
                                                (2) He was made a king by them.
     scholarship.                                                                             by somebody?
                                                (3) They have been made kings
     (1) A scholarship has granted to                                                    (2) Somebody has done all the
                                                    by him.
         him by the Principal.                                                                work.
                                                (4) He has been made a king by
     (2) He has been granted a schol-                                                    (3) The work has been done by
         arship by the Principal.                   them.
                                            55. Who taught you English ?                      somebody.
     (3) He has granted a scholarship                                                    (4) Has all the work been done
         by the Principal.                      (1) By whom English was taught
                                                    to you ?                                  by somebody?
     (4) A scholarship was granted to
                                                (2) By whom you were taught          60. Cigarette smoking causes two
         him by the Principal.
                                                    English ?                            million deaths annually in the in-
 50. Somebody told me that there had                                                     dustrial states.
     been an explosion in the Town Hall.        (3) By whom was English taught
                                                    to you ?                             (1) Cigarette smoking has been
     (1) I was told by somebody about                                                         causing two million deaths
         the explosion in the Town Hall.        (4) By whom are you taught En-
                                                                                              annually in the industrial
     (2) I was told about the explosion             glish ?
                                                                                              states.
         in the Town Hall.                      Directions (56-60) : In the follow-
                                                                                         (2) Two million deaths arc caused
     (3) I was informed that there was     ing questions, a sentence has been
                                                                                              annually by cigarette smoking
         an explosion in the Town Hall.    given in Active Voice. Out of the four
                                                                                              in the industrial states.
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