Choose the correct passive form of the sentence.
Active: “People believe that the king is just.”

Correct option is D

The correct passive form is option (d).

Correct Passive Sentence:
• The king is believed to be just.

Explanation:
• The active sentence is in simple present tense: “People believe...”.
• In such reporting verb structures, passive voice can be formed by making the object “the king” the subject.
• The verb “believe” changes into “is believed”, and the clause “that the king is just” becomes “to be just”.
• Hence, the correct passive construction is “The king is believed to be just.”

Grammatical Rule Used (English):
• Active: People + believe + that + subject + verb
• Passive: Subject + is/am/are + believed + to + be + complement

Grammatical Rule Used (Hindi):
• Reporting verb जैसे believe, say, think, consider के साथ passive बनाते समय object को subject बनाया जाता है।
• Simple present passive में is/am/are + verb की third form का प्रयोग होता है।
• “that” clause को कई बार to + be संरचना में बदला जाता है।

Explanation of Other Options:
• (a): This changes the tense and structure unnecessarily.
• (b): “It believes” is grammatically incorrect in this context.
• (c): “was believed” changes the tense to past, which is incorrect.

So the correct answer is (d)