Question:
Change the following from active to passive:
The researchers were analysing the sediment samples collected from the ocean floor.
निम्नलिखित वाक्य को एक्टिव से पैसिव वॉइस में बदलें:
The researchers were analysing the sediment samples collected from the ocean floor.
Options:
- a) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor have been analysed by the researchers.
- b) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor were being analysed by the researchers.
- c) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor had been analysed by the researchers.
- d) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor was analysed by the researchers.
- a) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor have been analysed by the researchers.
- b) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor were being analysed by the researchers.
- c) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor had been analysed by the researchers.
- d) The sediment samples collected from the ocean floor was analysed by the researchers.
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
The active sentence is in the Past Continuous tense (“were analysing”). In passive voice, the plural object “The sediment samples…” becomes the subject, requiring the auxiliary “were being analysed” (were being + past participle). Thus, option (b) is the correct passive form.
एक्टिव वाक्य Past Continuous टेंस (“were analysing”) में है। पैसिव वॉइस में, प्लुरल ऑब्जेक्ट “The sediment samples…” सब्जेक्ट बन जाता है, जिसके कारण पैसिव रूप में “were being analysed” (were being + past participle) की आवश्यकता होती है। अतः, विकल्प (b) सही पैसिव रूप है।