SSC CPO 2025 PYQ — Question 154

SSC CPO - 12 Dec 2025 - Shift 2 • English • Q154

Identify the tense and voice used in the sentence:
"Early prototypes, such as horse-drawn wagon ways in 16th-century Europe, represented rudimentary precursors to modern trains..."

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct option is (B) Simple Past Active.

"...early prototypes... represented rudimentary precursors..."

Tense: The verb "represented" is the (past) form of the verb "represent."