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SSC CPO Active & Passive Voice Questions with Answers & Explanations

18 Active & Passive Voice questions from the English Comprehension section of SSC CPO, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Try each question first, then tap Show answer to check. When you're ready, take the timed chapter-wise test to see your all-India rank.

Question 1

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "Can you solve this problem?"

  1. ACould this problem be solved by you?
  2. BCan this problem solved by you?
  3. CCan this problem been solved by you?
  4. DCan this problem be solved by you?
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Answer: (D) Can this problem be solved by you?
Question 2

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "She was cooking food."

  1. AFood is being cooked by her.
  2. BFood was being cooked by her.
  3. CFood was cooked by her.
  4. DFood had been cooked by her.
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Answer: (B) Food was being cooked by her.
Question 3

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "They are building a bridge."

  1. AA bridge is being built by them.
  2. BA bridge is built by them.
  3. CA bridge was built by them.
  4. DA bridge has been built by them.
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Answer: (A) A bridge is being built by them.
Question 4

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "I had completed the project."

  1. AThe project was completed by me.
  2. BThe project is completed by me.
  3. CThe project has been completed by me.
  4. DThe project had been completed by me.
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Answer: (D) The project had been completed by me.
Question 5

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "Can you solve this problem?"

  1. ACan this problem solved by you?
  2. BCan this problem be solved by you?
  3. CCan this problem been solved by you?
  4. DCould this problem be solved by you?
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Answer: (B) Can this problem be solved by you?
Question 6

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "Open the door."

  1. ALet the door be opened.
  2. BThe door should open.
  3. CThe door was opened.
  4. DThe door is opened.
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Answer: (A) Let the door be opened.
Question 7

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "They will announce the results tomorrow."

  1. AThe results will be announced by them tomorrow.
  2. BThe results would be announced by them tomorrow.
  3. CThe results will announce tomorrow.
  4. DThe results are announced by them tomorrow.
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Answer: (A) The results will be announced by them tomorrow.
Question 8

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "She writes a letter."

  1. AA letter is written by her.
  2. BA letter is being written by her.
  3. CA letter has been written by her.
  4. DA letter was written by her.
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Answer: (A) A letter is written by her.
Question 9

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "Who wrote this novel?"

  1. ABy whom this novel was written?
  2. BWhom wrote this novel?
  3. CWho was written this novel?
  4. DBy whom was this novel written?
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Answer: (D) By whom was this novel written?
Question 10

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "The teacher punished the boy."

  1. AThe boy is punished by the teacher.
  2. BThe boy had punished the teacher.
  3. CThe boy was punished by the teacher.
  4. DThe boy has been punished by the teacher.
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Answer: (C) The boy was punished by the teacher.

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Question 11

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "She was cooking food."

  1. AFood was being cooked by her.
  2. BFood had been cooked by her.
  3. CFood is being cooked by her.
  4. DFood was cooked by her.
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Answer: (A) Food was being cooked by her.
Question 12

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "He has finished the work."

  1. AThe work is finished by him.
  2. BThe work had been finished by him.
  3. CThe work was finished by him.
  4. DThe work has been finished by him.
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Answer: (D) The work has been finished by him.
Question 13

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "People speak English all over the world."

  1. AEnglish has spoken all over the world.
  2. BEnglish is spoken all over the world.
  3. CEnglish was spoken all over the world.
  4. DEnglish is speaking all over the world.
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Answer: (B) English is spoken all over the world.
Question 14

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "The cat killed the rat."

  1. AThe rat was killed by the cat.
  2. BThe rat is killed by the cat.
  3. CThe rat has been killed by the cat.
  4. DThe cat was killed by the rat.
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Answer: (A) The rat was killed by the cat.
Question 15

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "They will announce the results tomorrow."

  1. AThe results are announced by them tomorrow.
  2. BThe results would be announced by them tomorrow.
  3. CThe results will be announced by them tomorrow.
  4. DThe results will announce tomorrow.
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Answer: (C) The results will be announced by them tomorrow.
Question 16

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "I had completed the project."

  1. AThe project had been completed by me.
  2. BThe project is completed by me.
  3. CThe project has been completed by me.
  4. DThe project was completed by me.
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Answer: (A) The project had been completed by me.
Question 17

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "He has finished the work."

  1. AThe work was finished by him.
  2. BThe work has been finished by him.
  3. CThe work had been finished by him.
  4. DThe work is finished by him.
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Answer: (B) The work has been finished by him.
Question 18

Choose the correct passive voice form of: "People speak English all over the world."

  1. AEnglish has spoken all over the world.
  2. BEnglish is speaking all over the world.
  3. CEnglish was spoken all over the world.
  4. DEnglish is spoken all over the world.
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Answer: (D) English is spoken all over the world.

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