Question

Transform the given sentence to an interrogative:
Everybody has heard of Mahatma Gandhi.
a. Has everybody heard of Mahatma Gandhi?
b. Hasn’t everybody heard of Mahatma Gandhi?
c. A & B both
d. No change

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and understand what it wants to convey. Point out the subject in the sentence, then try framing a question of which this sentence can be a plausible answer. Go through the options and select the one which matches with the sentence you just formes or is the closest to it. Keep in mind to form a grammatically sound sentence.

Complete answer: The question asks us to frame an appropriate question.
This means that we need to construct an interrogative sentence. An interrogative sentence
is a sentence that attempts to retrieve information and ends with a question mark. The construction is as follows: ‘wh’ word + verb + object. The ‘wh’ words can also include words like ‘has’ and ‘have’ and ‘had’ for a question of clarification.
The tense of the given sentence needs to match the situation being talked about.
Since the tone of the sentence suggests that this is a very obvious fact, we should also try to look at the question that suggests the same.
Now, we know exactly which type of sentence we need. Let’s look at the given options:
a. Has everybody heard of Mahatma Gandhi? - This question does not make the fact seem obvious. It seems like a question seeking information and not clarification. This is not the required answer. So, this is an incorrect option.
b. Hasn’t everybody heard of Mahatma Gandhi? - This question makes the fact in the sentence seem obvious and it is clearly a question of clarification. This is the required answer. So, this is the correct option.
c. A & B both - This option is incorrect as we have already seen that option ‘a’ does not fulfil the requirements of the question. So, this is not the required answer.
d. No change - This option is also incorrect as the given sentence is only a declarative sentence and not an interrogative one. So, this is not the required answer.
Therefore, option b. is the correct answer.

Note: Tag questions (or question tags) turn a statement into a question. They are made using an auxiliary verb (for example: be or have) and a subject pronoun (for example I, you, she). Negative question tags are usually contracted: It's warm today, isn't it (not 'is it not').