Module: | Advanced Structures (Infinitives & Clauses)
Q87: Consider the following statements regarding sentence transformations:
1. The passive sentence "A new lake was discovered by the principal" converts to the active voice as "The principal discovered a new lake."
2. The passive sentence "All the questions were correctly answered by Parul" converts to the active voice as "Parul answered all the questions correctly."
3. The passive sentence "The wild and mad elephant is claimed to have been seen in several cities" converts to the active voice as "People claim to see the wild and mad elephant in several cities."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
2. The passive sentence "All the questions were correctly answered by Parul" converts to the active voice as "Parul answered all the questions correctly."
3. The passive sentence "The wild and mad elephant is claimed to have been seen in several cities" converts to the active voice as "People claim to see the wild and mad elephant in several cities."
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
✅ Correct Answer: A
🎯 Quick Answer:
Statements 1 and 2 flawlessly restore simple past passive statements to active form. Statement 3 corrupts a perfect infinitive.Structural Breakdown: Statements 1 and 2 accurately identify "was discovered" and "were correctly answered" as simple past passive constructs, cleanly stripping the "was/were" and returning the verbs to their active V2 forms ("discovered," "answered"). Historical/Related Context: Recognizing the placement of adverbs during voice reversal (like "correctly" in Statement 2) is a frequent tie-breaker question in clerical banking mains.
Causal Reasoning: Statement 3 is incorrect because the original passive sentence contains a perfect infinitive ("to have been seen"). The active conversion must retain this perfect aspect: "People claim to have seen...". The proposed conversion changes it to a present infinitive ("to see"), which alters the timeline of the event.