Direction: In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive voice.

Q:

When I called him, he was reading the newspaper. 

• 1
  When he was called, a newspaper had been read by him.
• 2
  When I called him, a newspaper was being read by him.
• 3
  When he was called, the newspaper was being read by him.
• 4
  When I called him, a newspaper had been reading by him.