Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q79: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The active sentence "The Spanish regarded him as a swindler and called him a villain" converts to the passive voice as "He was regarded as a swindler and called a villain by the Spanish."
2. The active sentence "Jonita Gandhi has told me some secrets about my boss" converts to the passive voice as "I have been told some secrets about my boss by Jonita Gandhi."
3. The passive sentence "The diamond necklace had been stolen from our house by the thieves" converts to the active voice as "The thieves steal the diamond necklace from our house."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The active sentence "Jonita Gandhi has told me some secrets about my boss" converts to the passive voice as "I have been told some secrets about my boss by Jonita Gandhi."
3. The passive sentence "The diamond necklace had been stolen from our house by the thieves" converts to the active voice as "The thieves steal the diamond necklace from our house."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 correctly handle compound designations and present perfect double objects. Statement 3 contains a complete tense reversal failure.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 accurately promotes "him" to "He" and passively conjugates both "regarded" and "called", seamlessly trailing the designations ("swindler", "villain"). Statement 2 correctly shifts the indirect object "me" to the subject "I". Historical/Related Context: The "regarded as a swindler" query is a direct extraction from the May 2025 SSC CGL prep cycles, evaluating the candidate's ability to process sentences where two verbs share a single object.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because it converts a Past Perfect passive sentence ("had been stolen") into a Simple Present active sentence ("steal"). Voice transformation requires absolute tense preservation.
The correct active reversal is "The thieves had stolen the diamond necklace from our house."