Active and Passive Voice MCQs with Answers and Explanations for Competitive Exams

Question #581

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The injured were taken to the hospital by the ambulance.'

A. The ambulance had taken the injured to the hospital.

B. The ambulance took the injured to the hospital.

C. The ambulance was taking the injured to the hospital.

D. The ambulance takes the injured to the hospital.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple past passive 'were taken' → active 'The ambulance took the injured to the hospital'.

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Question #582

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'We must obey the laws.'

A. The laws should be obeyed.

B. The laws must obeyed.

C. The laws must be obeyed.

D. The laws must be obey.

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Modal 'must': Object + must + be + past participle. Agent can be omitted.

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Question #583

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The result will be declared tomorrow.'

A. They declare the result tomorrow.

B. They would declare the result tomorrow.

C. They are declaring the result tomorrow.

D. They will declare the result tomorrow.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple future passive without agent → active 'They will declare the result tomorrow'.

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Question #584

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'My father gave me a watch.'

A. Both A and B.

B. I was given a watch by my father.

C. A watch was given to me by my father.

D. I had been given a watch by my father.

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Two objects: both forms are correct.

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Question #585

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The boy was bitten by a snake.'

A. A snake had bitten the boy.

B. A snake was biting the boy.

C. A snake bit the boy.

D. A snake bites the boy.

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple past passive 'was bitten' → active 'A snake bit the boy'.

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Question #586

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'They are serving tea to the guests.'

A. The guests are being served tea by them.

B. Tea is served to the guests by them.

C. Tea is being served to the guests by them.

D. Both A and B.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Two objects: both passive forms are possible.

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Question #587

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'A fine was imposed on him.'

A. They had imposed a fine on him.

B. They imposed a fine on him.

C. They imposed him a fine.

D. They were imposing a fine on him.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple past passive 'was imposed' → active 'They imposed a fine on him'.

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Question #588

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'The teacher will teach the students a new lesson.'

A. The students will be taught a new lesson by the teacher.

B. Both A and B.

C. A new lesson will be taught to the students by the teacher.

D. The students would be taught a new lesson by the teacher.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Two objects: both indirect object passive and direct object passive with 'to'.

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Question #589

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The house was burnt to ashes.'

A. The fire burns the house to ashes.

B. The fire was burning the house to ashes.

C. The fire had burnt the house to ashes.

D. The fire burnt the house to ashes.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Simple past passive without agent; implied agent 'fire'. 'The fire burnt the house to ashes.'

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Question #590

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'No one has solved this question.'

A. This question is not solved by anyone.

B. This question had not been solved by anyone.

C. This question has been solved by no one.

D. This question has not been solved by anyone.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Negative subject 'No one' → 'has not been solved by anyone' (correct avoidance of double negative).

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Question #591

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The candle was blown out by the wind.'

A. The wind blows out the candle.

B. The wind was blowing out the candle.

C. The wind blew out the candle.

D. The wind had blown out the candle.

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple past passive with phrasal verb → active 'The wind blew out the candle'.

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Question #592

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'Did she write the report?'

A. Was the report being written by her?

B. Did the report written by her?

C. Was the report written by her?

D. Had the report been written by her?

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Simple past interrogative: Was/Were + object + past participle + by + subject?

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Question #593

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'When was the museum inaugurated?'

A. When had they inaugurated the museum?

B. When were they inaugurating the museum?

C. When did they inaugurate the museum?

D. When they inaugurated the museum?

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Passive simple past interrogative with 'when' → active 'When did they inaugurate the museum?'

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Question #594

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'She might have forgotten the keys.'

A. The keys might be forgotten by her.

B. The keys had been forgotten by her.

C. The keys may have been forgotten by her.

D. The keys might have been forgotten by her.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Modal perfect 'might have forgotten' → passive 'might have been forgotten'.

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Question #595

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The work could not have been done by him alone.'

A. He might not have done the work alone.

B. He could not do the work alone.

C. He could not have done the work alone.

D. He had not done the work alone.

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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Modal perfect negative passive → active 'He could not have done the work alone'.

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Question #596

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'They called him a genius.'

A. He was called a genius.

B. He is called a genius.

C. He was being called a genius.

D. He had been called a genius.

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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Simple past, complement 'a genius' remains. 'He was called a genius.'

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Question #597

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'He was elected captain of the team.'

A. They had elected him captain of the team.

B. They elected him captain of the team.

C. They elect him captain of the team.

D. They were electing him captain of the team.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Simple past passive 'was elected' → active 'They elected him captain of the team'.

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Question #598

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'He makes her laugh.'

A. She is made laugh by him.

B. She was made to laugh by him.

C. She is make to laugh by him.

D. She is made to laugh by him.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Causative 'make' without 'to' in active, passive uses 'to'. 'She is made to laugh.'

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Question #599

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Choose the correct active voice of: 'The children were made to work hard.'

A. The children made to work hard.

B. They made the children work hard.

C. They made the children to work hard.

D. They had made the children work hard.

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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Passive 'were made to work' → active 'made the children work' (bare infinitive).

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Question #600

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Select the correct passive voice of: 'Let us go for a walk.'

A. Going for a walk is suggested.

B. We should go for a walk.

C. Let us be gone for a walk.

D. It is suggested that we should go for a walk.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Imperative with 'Let us' (suggestion) → 'It is suggested that we should...'

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