Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q83: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The passive sentence "It was claimed by him that he had seen a rare species of bird" converts to the active voice as "He claimed that he had seen a rare species of bird."
2. The passive sentence "The candidates were found to have been submitting forged documents" converts to the active voice as "The verification process found the candidates had been submitting forged documents."
3. The active sentence "Please clear all the rubbish from this place immediately and bring the furniture from the next room" converts to the passive voice as "You are requested to clear all the rubbish from this place immediately and bring the furniture from the next room."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The passive sentence "The candidates were found to have been submitting forged documents" converts to the active voice as "The verification process found the candidates had been submitting forged documents."
3. The active sentence "Please clear all the rubbish from this place immediately and bring the furniture from the next room" converts to the passive voice as "You are requested to clear all the rubbish from this place immediately and bring the furniture from the next room."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: D
🎯 Quick Answer:
All three statements demonstrate grammatically perfect voice transformations across complex clauses and compound imperatives.Structural Breakdown: Statement 1 effortlessly reverses the dummy subject "It was claimed" back to "He claimed". Statement 2 beautifully manages a continuous perfect infinitive ("to have been submitting"), returning it to an active past perfect continuous clause.
Statement 3 applies the "You are requested to" framework across two coordinated verbs ("clear" and "bring") using the conjunction "and". Historical/Related Context: Statement 3 is a direct extraction from the May 2025 SSC CGL prep cycles.
Test-takers often incorrectly attempt to apply a separate "Let" structure to the second half of the sentence, forgetting that the "requested to" umbrella covers the entire compound predicate.
Causal Reasoning: The statements are entirely correct because they successfully parse out the core subjects and verbs while maintaining the complex modifiers and tense architectures of the original sentences.