MCQ Collection
Pakistan MCQs
Practice Pakistan questions with answers and explanations.
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Correct Answer: D. The baby slept peacefully.
Explanation:
'Slept' is intransitive and has no direct object to become a passive subject.
Only transitive constructions normally form the passive.
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Correct Answer: A. The results will be announced tomorrow.
Explanation:
The future passive is formed with 'will be' plus a past participle.
The object 'the results' becomes the passive subject.
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Correct Answer: B. The application must be submitted today.
Explanation:
A modal passive uses the modal plus 'be' and a past participle.
Thus, 'must be submitted' is the correct structure.
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Correct Answer: C. By whom was this building designed?
Explanation:
The active object becomes the passive subject, and the agent is questioned with 'by whom.'
The simple past passive requires 'was designed.'
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Correct Answer: D. The window was broken during the night.
Explanation:
The person responsible for breaking the window is not known.
Passive voice allows focus on the event and affected object.
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Correct Answer: A. English is spoken in many countries.
Explanation:
The simple present passive uses 'is/am/are' plus the past participle.
'English' is singular, so 'is spoken' is correct.
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Correct Answer: B. The employees were given a bonus.
Explanation:
With two objects, the indirect object can become the passive subject.
The simple past passive is 'were given.'
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Correct Answer: C. The test was difficult, but many students finished early.
Explanation:
Two independent clauses need proper coordination or punctuation.
A comma plus 'but' correctly joins the contrasting clauses.
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Correct Answer: D. The shop was closed, we returned home.
Explanation:
A comma alone cannot join two independent clauses in formal writing.
This incorrect joining is called a comma splice.
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Correct Answer: A. The students completed the project on time.
Explanation:
A simple sentence contains one independent clause.
It may include phrases but has no additional dependent or independent clause.
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Correct Answer: A. The job requires planning, organizing, and communicating.
Explanation:
All three items use matching gerund forms.
Parallel grammatical structure makes coordinated ideas clear and balanced.
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Correct Answer: B. The sun set, and the streets became quiet.
Explanation:
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined here by 'and.'
Each clause could stand as a complete sentence.