1 votes 1 votes The bacteria in milk are destroyed when it __________ heated to $80$ degree Celsius. would be will be is was Verbal Aptitude gate2017-ce-1 verbal-aptitude tenses + – Milicevic3306 asked Mar 26, 2018 • recategorized May 31, 2019 by Lakshman Bhaiya Milicevic3306 1.5k views answer comment Share Follow Migrated from GO Civil 5 years ago by Arjun See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 5 votes 5 votes The bacteria in milk are destroyed when it is heated to 80 degree Celsius. This is "passive verb" form of "Simple Present Tense". some references: https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html , https://www.edudose.com/english/active-and-passive-voice-rules/ Correct Answer: $C$ Naveen Kumar 3 answered Jun 4, 2019 • edited Sep 25, 2019 by Naveen Kumar 3 Naveen Kumar 3 comment Share Follow See all 7 Comments See all 7 7 Comments reply Show 4 previous comments srestha commented Sep 26, 2019 reply Follow Share @Naveen Kumar 3 thanks a lot :) In layman view we can say, the sentence is in present tense. So, d) also not a good option. And a) and b) option given in future tense. right? 1 votes 1 votes Naveen Kumar 3 commented Sep 26, 2019 reply Follow Share @srestha yes! I also thought same 1 votes 1 votes srestha commented Oct 3, 2019 reply Follow Share @Naveen Kumar 3 Check this https://gateoverflow.in/313525/gate2017-ec-1-ga-2 Not matching in layman view. 1st one is present tense and 2nd one past tense. why so? :( 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.