Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence and rectify it. If no correction is needed, select ‘No correction required’.
The cake (was baking) in the oven when I arrived.

Correct option is C

The correct substitution for the highlighted segment is (c) was being baked.
Correct sentence: The cake was being baked in the oven when I arrived.
Explanation:
This sentence describes a past ongoing action in the passive voice, which is accurately expressed using “ was being + past participle”.
Grammatical Rule Used:
Past continuous passive structure:
was/were + being + past participle
Used to indicate that something was in the process of happening in the past.
Hindi Explanation:
जब कोई कार्य अतीत में किसी और के द्वारा किया जा रहा था, तो “was being + V3” का प्रयोग होता है।
उदाहरण: The house was being painted.
Meanings of all options:
· Baked: Simple past, active.
Hindi: पकाया गया ❌
· No correction required: Incorrect structure ❌
· Was being baked: Passive past continuous ✅
Hindi: पकाया जा रहा था ✅
· Was baked: Simple past passive (completed action) ❌