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Active Passive – MBA CET questions with solutions

7 questions · CET 2026 · Easy 5 · Medium 2 · Hard 0. Newest paper first. Full papers

Q195EasyCET 2026 · Attempt 2 Slot 2 · Q195

In the question below the sentence have been given in Active/Passive voice. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Passive/Active voice.

After driving professor Kumar to the museum she dropped him at his hotel.

  1. After being driven to the museum, Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel by her.
  2. Professor Kumar was being driven dropped at his hotel.
  3. After she had driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.
  4. After she was driven Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.
  5. After she drove Professor Kumar to the museum she had dropped him at his hotel.
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Answer: A official key

Approach: Active → passive with a participle phrase.

Solution: Active: 'After driving Professor Kumar to the museum, she dropped him at his hotel.' Make Professor Kumar the subject: the participle 'driving' becomes passive 'being driven', and 'she dropped him' becomes 'Professor Kumar was dropped … by her' (past simple → was + V3). Result: 'After being driven to the museum, Professor Kumar was dropped at his hotel by her.'

Why the other options are wrong:
B: Ungrammatical ('was being driven dropped') and drops the museum.
C, E: Still active voice, with a needless tense change to 'had dropped'.
D: Mixed and wrong ('she was driven Professor Kumar').

Cetking shortcut: In voice change, the options still in active voice (C, E) are out at once.

Answer: A

Q198EasyCET 2026 · Slot 5 · Q198

Change the voice for the following sentence

Gita dropped the spoons into the sink

  1. The spoon dropped by Gita into sink
  2. The spoons drop by Gita into sink
  3. The spoons were dropped into the sink by Gita
  4. The spoons was dropped into sink by Gita
  5. The spoons would dropped into sink by Gita
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Answer: C official key

Approach: Passive of simple past: object + was/were + V3 + by + subject.

Solution: Object 'the spoons' (plural) → 'The spoons were dropped into the sink by Gita.'

Why the other options are wrong:
A — singular 'spoon', no helping verb, 'the' dropped.
B — 'drop' is not the past participle.
D — 'spoons was': agreement error.
E — 'would dropped' is ungrammatical.

Answer: C

Q167EasyCET 2026 · Slot 4 · Q167

DIRECTION for the question: In the following question a sentence has been in Active or Passive Voice. Out of the alternatives provided select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive or Active Voice.

He teaches us Grammar.

  1. Grammar is taught to us by him.
  2. We are being taught Grammar by him.
  3. Grammar is being taught us by him.
  4. We are taught Grammar by him.
  5. We taught him Grammar
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Answer: D official key

Approach: Active to passive, simple present: is/am/are + V3.

Solution: Active: He (subject) teaches (simple present) us (indirect object) Grammar (direct object).
Make the personal object the subject: us → We; teaches → are taught; He → by him.
Passive: 'We are taught Grammar by him.'

Why the other options are wrong:
A 'Grammar is taught to us by him': a valid but less standard passive; the textbook answer keeps the personal object as subject.
B 'We are being taught': present continuous, tense changed.
C 'Grammar is being taught us': wrong tense and missing 'to'.
E 'We taught him Grammar': active, past tense, and meaning reversed.

Cetking shortcut: First kill every option whose tense changed (being = continuous, taught = past active); then pick the person-first passive.

Answer: D

Q168EasyCET 2026 · Slot 4 · Q168

DIRECTION for the question: In the following question a sentence has been in Active or Passive Voice. Out of the alternatives provided select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive or Active Voice.

Who is creating this mess?

  1. Who has created this mess?
  2. By whom has this mess been created?
  3. By whom this mess is being created?
  4. By whom is this mess being created?
  5. Who is being created this mess?
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Answer: D official key

Approach: Passive of a 'Who' question in present continuous.

Solution: 'Who is creating this mess?' → Who → By whom; is creating (present continuous) → is being created; object 'this mess' becomes subject.
Question order: By whom + is + this mess + being created?
Passive: 'By whom is this mess being created?'

Why the other options are wrong:
A 'Who has created': still active, tense changed to present perfect.
B 'has this mess been created': present perfect, tense changed.
C 'By whom this mess is being created?': statement order, not a question.
E 'Who is being created this mess?': ungrammatical.

Answer: D

Q169MediumCET 2026 · Slot 4 · Q169

DIRECTION for the question: In the following question a sentence has been in Active or Passive Voice. Out of the alternatives provided select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive or Active Voice.

It is time to ring the bell.

  1. It is time the bell rings
  2. It is being time to ring the bell.
  3. It is time for the bell to ring.
  4. It is time for the bell to be rung.
  5. It is bell ring time.
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Answer: D official key

Approach: Passive infinitive: to + be + V3, with the object introduced by 'for'.

Solution: Active infinitive: 'to ring the bell' (the bell is the object).
Passive: object comes forward with 'for', and the infinitive becomes 'to be rung' (ring–rang–rung).
Passive: 'It is time for the bell to be rung.'

Why the other options are wrong:
A 'It is time the bell rings': changes the structure and is not passive.
B 'It is being time': ungrammatical.
C 'for the bell to ring': still active (the bell rings by itself).
E 'It is bell ring time': not standard English.

Answer: D

Q178MediumCET 2026 · Slot 3 · Q178

Change the voice of the following sentence:

People believe that the committee will announce the results tomorrow.

  1. It is believed that the committee will announce the results tomorrow.
  2. The results are believed that the committee will announce tomorrow.
  3. It was believed that the committee will announce the results tomorrow.
  4. It is believed that the results will be announced by the committee tomorrow.
  5. The results will be believed to announce by the committee tomorrow.
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Answer: D official key

Approach: Passive of a reporting verb + that-clause.

Solution: Step 1: People believe → It is believed (tense stays present).
Step 2: the committee will announce the results → the results will be announced by the committee.
Combined: "It is believed that the results will be announced by the committee tomorrow."

Why the other options are wrong:
A: Only half the sentence changes voice.
B: 'The results are believed that…' — ungrammatical structure.
C: 'was believed' — wrong tense (original is present).
E: 'believed to announce' — wrong meaning and form; needs 'to be announced'.

Cetking shortcut: In 'change the voice' questions, the option that converts every active clause usually wins.

Answer: D

Q184EasyCET 2026 · Slot 1 · Q184

In each of the following question, a sentence is given in active voice. Choose the option that correctly changes it into passive voice without altering the meaning.

Active Voice:
The committee had approved the budget before the CEO reviewed it.

A. The budget had been approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
B. The budget has been approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
C. The budget was approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
D. The budget had approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
E. The budget had being approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.

  1. The budget had been approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
  2. The budget has been approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
  3. The budget was approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
  4. The budget had approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
  5. The budget had being approved by the committee before the CEO reviewed it.
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Answer: A official key

Approach: Active to passive — keep the tense; past perfect → had been + V3.

Solution: Active: "The committee had approved the budget" (past perfect). Passive of past perfect = had been + past participle: "The budget had been approved by the committee". The time clause "before the CEO reviewed it" stays unchanged. Option A.

Why the other options are wrong:
B: "has been approved" changes to present perfect.
C: "was approved" changes to simple past and loses the earlier-action sense.
D: "had approved" is active — no "been".
E: "had being" is ungrammatical.

Cetking shortcut: Tense map: had + V3 → had been + V3; only the subordinate clause stays as it is.

Answer: A

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