Meenal spent three thousand rupees ........

English (SSC) Active/Passive voice

Meenal spent three thousand rupees.

Three thousand rupees were spent by Meenal.

Three thousand rupees was spent by Meenal.

Three thousand rupees is spent by Meenal.

Three thousand rupees are spent by Meenal.

- Option 1: "Three thousand rupees were spent by Meenal."

- Incorrect. "Rupees" is a singular collective noun here, so "was" is more appropriate.

- Option 2: "Three thousand rupees was spent by Meenal."

- Correct Answer. The collective noun "rupees" takes the singular verb "was" in this passive construction.

- Option 3: "Three thousand rupees is spent by Meenal."

- Incorrect. This is present tense, while the original statement is past tense.

- Option 4: "Three thousand rupees are spent by Meenal."

- Incorrect. "Are" suggests ongoing action, but the spending occurred in the past.

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