Question

Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate option from those given: Throughout human history, the sun ___ worshipped as a symbol of life and power.

• A. will be
• B. has been
• C. used to
• D. have been

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Concept:

• The phrase 'throughout human history' signals an action that began long ago in the past and is still relevant or continuing up to now, which is the exact use of present perfect tense.
• In passive voice, present perfect uses 'has/have been + past participle'.

Step 1: Identify the time clue in the sentence
'Throughout human history' points to something that has been true across a long, continuing span of time reaching into the present.

Step 2: Check subject-verb agreement for the auxiliary
'The sun' is singular, so it needs 'has', not 'have'.

Step 3: Build the passive present perfect form
'Has been' combined with the past participle 'worshipped' gives 'has been worshipped'.

Step 4: Eliminate the wrong tense options
'Will be' wrongly shifts the sentence to future, 'used to' implies the action has stopped, which contradicts the ongoing sense of 'throughout history', and 'have been' wrongly uses a plural auxiliary with the singular subject 'the sun'.

Final Answer: has been