Active and Passive Voice MCQs

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Active and Passive Voice MCQs

Practice Active and Passive Voice MCQs with answers and detailed explanations. Learn voice transformation rules, sentence conversion techniques, and the correct use of active and passive voice through multiple choice questions designed for SSC, Railway, Banking, UPSC, JKSSB, Police, Teaching and other competitive exams.

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Question #101
He lent me a very rare book.
A. I am lent a very rare book by him.
B. I was lent a very rare book by him.
C. A very rare book was lent to me by him.
D. A very rare book had been lent to me by him.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Past simple, indirect object as subject.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #102
The children are flying kites.
A. Kites have been flown by the children.
B. Kites are being flown by the children.
C. Kites are flown by the children.
D. Kites were being flown by the children.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present continuous → is/am/are + being + V3. ‘Fly’ becomes ‘flown’.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #103
The farmers will harvest the crop next month.
A. The crop will be harvested by the farmers next month.
B. The crop would be harvested by the farmers next month.
C. The crop is harvested by the farmers next month.
D. The crop will harvested by the farmers next month.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Future simple → will + be + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #104
He had already solved the puzzle before I arrived.
A. The puzzle has already been solved by him before I arrived.
B. The puzzle had already solved by him before I arrived.
C. The puzzle was already solved by him before I arrived.
D. The puzzle had already been solved by him before I arrived.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past perfect → had + been + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #105
The government is launching a new scheme.
A. A new scheme is being launched by the government.
B. A new scheme is launched by the government.
C. A new scheme was being launched by the government.
D. A new scheme has been launched by the government.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present continuous passive uses ‘is being launched’.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #106
Someone has broken the window.
A. The window was broken.
B. The window is broken.
C. The window had been broken.
D. The window has been broken.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Unknown agent omitted. Present perfect → has been + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #107
I expect that he will pass the exam.
A. It was expected that he will pass the exam.
B. He was expected that he will pass the exam.
C. He is expected to pass the exam.
D. It is expected that he will pass the exam.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Impersonal passive: ‘I expect that…’ → ‘It is expected that…’
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #108
The teacher made the students clean the classroom.
A. The students were made to clean the classroom by the teacher.
B. The students were made clean the classroom by the teacher.
C. The students had been made to clean the classroom by the teacher.
D. The students are made to clean the classroom by the teacher.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Make + object + bare infinitive → passive uses to‑infinitive.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #109
We must listen to his words.
A. His words should be listened to by us.
B. His words must listened to by us.
C. His words must be listened to by us.
D. His words must be listened by us.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Must + V1 → must be + V3 + preposition.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #110
They are not holding any meeting today.
A. No meeting is being held by them today.
B. No meeting was being held by them today.
C. No meeting is held by them today.
D. No meeting has been held by them today.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Present continuous negative passive: is + not + being + V3 → ‘no meeting is being held’.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #111
Have you completed the assignment?
A. Was the assignment completed by you?
B. Has the assignment been completed by you?
C. Is the assignment completed by you?
D. Have the assignment been completed by you?
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present perfect interrogative: Have + S + V3 → Has + object + been + V3 (assignment = singular).
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #112
The villagers have built a new temple.
A. A new temple had been built by the villagers.
B. A new temple has been built by the villagers.
C. A new temple was built by the villagers.
D. A new temple is built by the villagers.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Present perfect → has been + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #113
The plumber was repairing the leaking tap.
A. The leaking tap was being repaired by the plumber.
B. The leaking tap was repaired by the plumber.
C. The leaking tap had been repaired by the plumber.
D. The leaking tap is being repaired by the plumber.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Past continuous → was being + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #114
Someone will deliver the parcel tomorrow.
A. The parcel will be delivered tomorrow.
B. The parcel is delivered tomorrow.
C. The parcel would be delivered tomorrow.
D. The parcel will deliver tomorrow.
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Correct Answer: Option A

Explanation:
Future simple; unknown agent omitted.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #115
We ought to respect our elders.
A. Our elders ought be respected by us.
B. Our elders should be respected by us.
C. Our elders must be respected by us.
D. Our elders ought to be respected by us.
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Ought to + V1 → ought to be + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #116
Who taught you Sanskrit?
A. Who were you taught Sanskrit by?
B. By whom were you taught Sanskrit?
C. By whom was you taught Sanskrit?
D. By whom had you been taught Sanskrit?
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
‘Who’ becomes ‘By whom’. Subject ‘you’ requires ‘were’.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #117
Did the noise frighten the baby?
A. Did the baby frightened by the noise?
B. Had the baby been frightened by the noise?
C. Was the baby frighten by the noise?
D. Was the baby frightened by the noise?
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Correct Answer: Option D

Explanation:
Past simple interrogative: Did + S + V1 → Was/Were + object + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #118
She has not yet taken a decision.
A. A decision was not yet taken by her.
B. A decision is not yet taken by her.
C. A decision has not yet been taken by her.
D. A decision has not yet been took by her.
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Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Present perfect negative → has not been + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #119
I dislike people telling me what to do.
A. I am disliked being told what to do.
B. I dislike being told what to do.
C. I dislike telling what to do.
D. I dislike to be told what to do.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Dislike + object + gerund → dislike + being + V3.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice
Question #120
They elected her the leader of the group.
A. She had been elected the leader of the group by them.
B. She was elected the leader of the group by them.
C. She is elected the leader of the group by them.
D. The leader of the group was elected her by them.
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Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation:
Elect + object + complement; passive keeps complement without ‘as’.
This question belongs to: English Active and Passive Voice

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