Chapter 2: Voice: active and passive

Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   Direction ( 66 - 69 ) : Choose the correct option of the following : 66. Passive voice of : "They grow these flowers in Patna.", is

   • (A) These flowers grew in Patna
   • (B) These flowers were grown in Patna
   • (C) These flowers are being grown in Patna
   • (D) These flowers are grown in Patna ✓

   Answer: (D)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2026

   67. Active voice of : "My cup has been broken by you.", is

   • (A) You have broken my cup ✓
   • (B) You had broken my cup
   • (C) By you was my cup broken
   • (D) You have taken my broken cup

   Answer: (A)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2026

   68. Passive voice of : "Let us forget the past.", is

   • (A) Let the past and us be forgotten
   • (B) Let not the past be forgotten
   • (C) We must let to forget the past
   • (D) Let the past be forgotten ✓

   Answer: (D)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2026

   69. Active voice of : A song would be sung by Nidhi today. , is

   • (A) Nidhi is singing a song today
   • (B) Nidhi will sing a song today ✓
   • (C) Nidhi will have to sing a song today
   • (D) Nidhi must be singing a song today

   Answer: (B)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2026

   Active voice of : The news has been brought to us by him. is

   • (A) He brought us the news.
   • (B) He has brought us the news. ✓
   • (C) He was brought the news to us.
   • (D) We brought the news to him.

   Answer: (B)

6. 6. Bihar Board 2026

   Passive voice of : Jayesh has sent the e-mail is

   • (A) The e-mail has had been sent by Jayesh.
   • (B) The e-mail has been sent by Jayesh. ✓
   • (C) The e-mail was sent by Jayesh.
   • (D) The e-mail was send by Jayesh.

   Answer: (B)

7. 7. Bihar Board 2026

   Active voice of : Much time is wasted by us is

   • (A) We waste much time ✓
   • (B) We wasting time much
   • (C) A lot time wasting by us
   • (D) Time wasted by us a lot

   Answer: (A)

8. 8. Bihar Board 2026

   Passive voice of : The boys were playing cricket is

   • (A) Cricket had been played by the boys.
   • (B) Cricket has been played by the boys.
   • (C) Cricket was played by the boys.
   • (D) Cricket was being played by the boys. ✓

   Answer: (D)

9. 9. Bihar Board 2025

   Sohan was ........................ by a dog.

   • (A) had bit
   • (B) bite
   • (C) bitten ✓
   • (D) bit

   Answer: (C)

10. 10. Bihar Board 2025

    Active voice of : The room was cleaned. is

    • (A) The cleaner cleaned the room
    • (B) The room should be cleaned
    • (C) I cleaned the room
    • (D) Someone cleaned the room ✓

    Answer: (D)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "Voice: active and passive" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 3 marks and about 6 questions a year; by marks it ranks 8 in English.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.