Voice - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

81

Who did you laugh at?

A) Who was laughing at you? B) Who had been laughing at you? C) Who laughed at you? D) Who was laughed at by you?

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Who laughed at you?

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + (was/were) + V³ + Other agents

82

A meeting was proposed to be held.

A) It was proposed to hold a meeting B) It proposed to hold a meeting. C) It proposed that a meeting will be held. D) Someone proposed to hold a meeting.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Someone proposed to hold a meeting.

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + V¹ + Other agents

83

Every dish which had been cooked by my mother was appreciated by the guests.

A) The guests appreciated every dish which had been cooked by my mother. B) The guests appreciated every dish which was cooked. C) The guests appreciated every dish which my mother had cooked. D) My mother had cooked every dish which the guests appreciated.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

The guests appreciated every dish which my mother had cooked.

Given sentence is in past perfect tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + had + V³ + Other agents

84

I was sanctioned the loan by the office.

A) The office was sanctioned me the loan. B) The office had sanctioned the loan to me. C) The office sanctioned loan to me. D) The office sanctioned me the loan.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option C

Solution:

The office sanctioned loan to me.

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + V¹ + Other agents

85

This shirt can not be worn by me any longer.

A) I can not wear this shirt any longer. B) Wearing of this shirt any longer can not be by me. C) This shirt is too worn out to be worn any longer. D) This worn out shirt can not be worn any longer.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

I can not wear this shirt any longer.

Given sentence is in simple future tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + V¹ + Other agents

86

Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

A) Has a dog ever bitten you? B) Had a dog ever bitten you? C) Did a dog ever bite you? D) Has a dog ever bite you?

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

Has a dog ever bitten you?

Given sentence is in present perfect tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
(Have/has) + V³ + Other agents + ?

87

The men had constructed the bridge.

A) The bridge has been constructed by the men. B) The bridge have been constructed by the men. C) The bridge was being constructed by the men. D) The bridge had been constructed by the men.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

The bridge had been constructed by the men.

Given sentence is in past perfect tense and it is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + had been + V³ + Other agents

88

The major points of the lesson were quickly learnt by the class,but they were also quickly forgotten by them.

A) The class quickly learnt but forgot the major points of the lesson. B) The class quickly learnt the major points of the lesson but they also forgot them. C) The class learnt and forgot the major points of the lesson quickly. D) The class quickly learnt the major points of the lesson but also forgot them quickly.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

The class quickly learnt the major points of the lesson but also forgot them quickly.

Given sentence is in simple past tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + V¹ + Other agents

89

They will help us with money.

A) We shall be helped by them with money. B) We shall help them with money. C) We should help them with money. D) We shall not be helped by them with money.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option A

Solution:

We shall be helped by them with money.

The given sentence contains one of Model verb (Model Verb = will, shall, can, may, might, could, might, must, would). It is in active voice.

Rule :
Subject + Model verb + be + V³ + Optional Objects

90

Nothing can be gained without labour.

A) We could gain nothing without labour. B) We cannot gain nothing without labour C) We should gain nothing without labour. D) We can gain nothing without labour.

Discuss

Answer & Solution

Answer: Option D

Solution:

We can gain nothing without labour.

Given sentence is in simple future tense and it is in passive voice.

Rule :
Subject + can + V¹ + Other agents