Q. Choose the correct passive form of the sentence. ‘The company has cut all the salaries.’
a) All the salaries have been cut by the company.
b) All the salaries are cut by the company.
c) All the salaries should have been cut by the company.
d) Salaries should have been cut by the company.
Correct Answer: a) All the salaries have been cut by the company.
Question from UPPSC Prelims CSAT 2025
Explanation:
The active sentence is in the present perfect: ‘has cut’. The passive for present perfect is: Object + has/have + been + past participle (+ by + agent). Moving ‘all the salaries’ (plural) to the subject position gives: ‘All the salaries have been cut by the company.’
Why others are incorrect:
– Option 2 changes the tense/aspect to simple present (‘are cut’).
– Options 3 and 4 introduce the modal ‘should’, altering meaning and tense; Option 4 also drops ‘All the’.
