Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension · Grammar and usage
Active and Passive Voice: IPMAT practice questions
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Q1NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
The principal gave the students a holiday.
Solution
With two objects, either can become the subject; 'given' is the past participle.
Answer: (B) The students were given a holiday by the principal.
Q2NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Do not waste time.
Solution
A negative imperative becomes 'Let + object + not be + past participle' (or 'Let not … be').
Answer: (A) Let time not be wasted.
Q3NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
The police had caught the thief before dawn.
Solution
Past perfect → 'had been + past participle'.
Answer: (C) The thief had been caught by the police before dawn.
Q4NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Open the window.
Solution
An imperative becomes 'Let + object + be + past participle'.
Answer: (B) Let the window be opened.
Q5NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Who wrote this letter?
Solution
A 'who' question becomes 'By whom' + was + subject + past participle.
Answer: (C) By whom was this letter written?
Q6NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
The chef cooked a delicious meal.
Solution
Simple past active → 'was/were + past participle'.
Answer: (D) A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.
Q7NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Everyone knows him.
Solution
'Know' usually takes 'to' in the passive: 'known to'.
Answer: (A) He is known to everyone.
Q8NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
You must finish the work today.
Solution
Modal + 'be' + past participle.
Answer: (A) The work must be finished today.
Q9NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Did she solve the puzzle?
Solution
A 'did' question becomes 'Was/Were + object + past participle'.
Answer: (D) Was the puzzle solved by her?
Q10NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
They will have completed the bridge by June.
Solution
Future perfect → 'will have been + past participle'.
Answer: (D) The bridge will have been completed by June.
Q11NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
A storm destroyed the crops.
Solution
Plural subject 'crops' takes 'were'.
Answer: (C) The crops were destroyed by a storm.
Q12NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
People speak Marathi in Maharashtra.
Solution
Simple present → 'is/are + past participle'; general agents like 'people' are usually dropped.
Answer: (B) Marathi is spoken in Maharashtra.
Q13NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
The children were playing football.
Solution
Past continuous → 'was/were being + past participle'.
Answer: (D) Football was being played by the children.
Q14NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
Someone has stolen my bicycle.
Solution
Present perfect → 'has/have been + past participle'; the vague agent 'someone' is dropped.
Answer: (A) My bicycle has been stolen.
Q15NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
They are building a new hospital.
Solution
Present continuous → 'is/are being + past participle'.
Answer: (B) A new hospital is being built by them.
Q16NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Active and Passive Voice
Choose the correct passive form of:
The manager will announce the results tomorrow.
Solution
Simple future → 'will be + past participle'.
Answer: (C) The results will be announced by the manager tomorrow.
These are original practice questions written by Target Campus in the pattern, syllabus and difficulty of IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak, JIPMAT, NPAT and SET. They are not previous-year papers.
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