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Q43: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:

1. The active sentence "Who is painting the garden wall?" converts to the passive voice as "By whom is the garden wall being painted?"
2. The active sentence "Whom are you calling right now?" converts to the passive voice as "Who is being called by you right now?"
3. The active sentence "Who was disturbing you yesterday?" converts to the passive voice as "By who were you being disturbed yesterday?"

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A
Only 1 and 3
B
Only 2 and 3
C
Only 1 and 2
D
All 1, 2, and 3
✅ Correct Answer: C
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 correctly handle interrogative pronoun shifts in continuous tenses. Statement 3 contains a pronoun case error.
Concept Definition: These statements test the conversion of 'Wh-' interrogative sentences within the present and past continuous tenses, focusing on the subjective "who" versus the objective "whom". Structural Breakdown: "Who" as an active subject becomes "By whom" in the passive. "Whom" as an active object becomes "Who" as the passive subject.
The continuous aspect ("being + V3") must be maintained.
Historical/Related Context: The who/whom dynamic combined with continuous tenses creates complex sentence structures that frequently serve as high-tier differentiator questions in SSC CGL Tier 2 exams.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the preposition "by" strictly governs the objective case. "Who" is a subjective pronoun.
The grammatically correct passive sentence is "By whom were you being disturbed yesterday?"
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