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Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Banaras was visited by us on the occasion of Deepawali.
Question

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
Banaras was visited by us on the occasion of Deepawali.

A.

We had visited Banaras on the occasion of Deepawali.

B.

We visited Banaras on the occasion of Deepawali

C.

We visited Deepawali on the occasion of Banaras.

D.

We are visiting Banaras on the occasion of Deepawali.

Correct option is B


Active voice: The subject of the sentence does the action (e.g., The chef cooked the meal).
Passive voice: The subject of the sentence receives the action (e.g., The meal was cooked by the chef).
The correct active voice is (b) We visited Banaras on the occasion of Deepawali.
Explanation:
· The sentence is in passive voice, past simple tense:
· Subject: Banaras
· Verb: was visited
· Agent: by us
· To convert to active, make "us" → we (subject), use past simple form of verb: visited.
Structure:
· Passive: Object + was/were + V3 + by + subject
· Active: Subject + V2 + object
Correct:
We visited Banaras on the occasion of Deepawali.
Incorrect options:
· (a) “had visited” – past perfect (wrong tense)
· (c) Nonsensical; reverses meaning
· (d) “are visiting” – present continuous (wrong tense)

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