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Q52: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:

1. The active sentence "The captain will have passed the message before the coach tells him" converts to the passive voice as "The message will have been passed by the captain before he is told by the coach."
2. The active sentence "A fire will cause the death of at least twenty persons" converts to the passive voice as "The death of at least twenty persons will be caused in a fire."
3. The active sentence "The coach will tell him the strategy" converts to the passive voice as "He will be told the strategy by the coach."

Which of the above statements is/are correct?
A
Only 1 and 2
B
Only 2 and 3
C
Only 1 and 3
D
All 1, 2, and 3
✅ Correct Answer: D
🎯 Quick Answer:
All three statements are grammatically correct, demonstrating high-level dual-clause shifts and fixed preposition rules.
Concept Definition: These sentences test the simultaneous conversion of compound/complex sentences containing multiple clauses, as well as specific prepositional pairings denoting a medium (like a fire). Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 correctly converts two separate clauses: "will have passed" becomes "will have been passed", and "tells him" becomes "he is told". Statement 2 accurately pairs the passive of "cause" with "in" regarding natural events.
Historical/Related Context: The "captain/coach" dual-clause sentence is a direct pull from the SSC CGL Shift 1 paper held on July 18, 2023.
It heavily penalized students who only converted the first half of the sentence.
Causal Reasoning: The statements are entirely correct.
In English grammar, when an active sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate time clause (like "before..."), both clauses must generally be converted to the passive voice if they contain transitive verbs.