Direction.
A sentence has been given in Direct /Indirect. Out of the fouralternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
Moti asked Gangu whether the latter was in his senses.
Gangu, are you in your senses ? asked Moti.
Are you senseless, Gangu ? asked Moti.
Hey Gangu, are you in your senses now ? asked Moti.
Gangu, have you lost your senses ? asked Moti.
Correct Answer :
A. Gangu, are you in your senses ? asked Moti.
While converting a sentence from indirect speech to direct speech, certain changes have to be made as we use inverted commas to mark off the exact words of the speaker. And the speech is addressed in first person and second person mode.
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He told me that he had grown those carrots himself.
He told me that he grew those carrots himself.
He told me I grew these carrots myself.
He told me that he grew these carrots himself.
Everybody says, How well she sings !
Everybody comments that she sings well.
Everybody says that she sang well.
Everybody says how well she sings.
Everybody tells that she sang very well.
I dont know the way. Do you? he asked.
He said that he didnt know the way and did I know it.
He told that he was not knowing the way, but wondered if I knew.
He said that he didnt know the way and asked me if I did.
He asked me if I knew the way which he didnt.
Gavaskar said, Bravo! Azhar, you have done well.
Gavaskar exclaimed with joy that Azhar had done well.
Gavaskar called Azhar and exclaimed that he had done well.
Gavaskar congratulated Azhar, saying that he had done well.
Gavaskar praised Azhar for his having done well.
He said, Will you listen to such a man?
He asked them will you listen to such a man.
He asked them are you listening to such a man.
He asked them whether they would listen to such a man.
He asked them whether they will listen to such a man.
She asked me if I was going to college.
She asked to me, Was I going to college?
She asked me, Will you go to college?
Said, Am I going to college?
She said to me. Are you going to college?
The student said, Alas! I wasted my time last year.
The student exclaimed with surprise that he had wasted his time the previous year.
The student exclaimed with sorrow that he had wasted his time the previous year.
The student exclaimed with joy that he had wasted his time the previous year.
The student exclaims with sorrow that he had wasted his time the previous year.
She said, Good bye Ramesh.
She bade Ramesh good bye.
She bade to Ramesh good bye.
She bids Ramesh good bye.
She had bade Ramesh good bye.
Mohan said to me, Do not tell a lie.
Mohan forbade me not to tell a lie.
Mohan advised me not to tell a lie.
Mohan ordered me to tell a lie.
Mohan advised me to tell a lie.
I said to him, Will you go to Delhi?
I asked him will he go to Delhi.
I asked him if he would go to Delhi.
I said to him would you go to Delhi.
I said to him would he go to Delhi.
Mary said to Robert, Let him come, then we shall see.
Mary said to Robert that if he came, they would see him.
Mary told Robert that they shall see him if he came.
Mary told Robert that once he came, they would see him.
Mary told Robert that they would see him if he might come.
The employer said to the workman, I cannot pay you higher wages.
The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
The employer forbade the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
The employer forbade the workman to pay higher wages.
The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.
I said to him,who teaches you English?
I asked him who was taught him English
I asked him who had taught him English
I asked him who taught me English
I asked him who taught him English
His father said that it was time he visited his uncle.
It is time you visit your uncle, said his father.
It was time you visited your uncle, said his father.
It is time you visited my uncle, said his father
It is time you visited your uncle, said his father.
He bade his friends goodbye.
I am bidding you Goodbye
Goodbye, my friends, he was saying to them.
I will see you later, he told his friends.
He said, Goodbye, my friends.
I said to my brother, Let us go to some hill station for a change.
I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.
I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.
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The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
The sage said that God helped those whose helped themselves.
The sage said that God helps those who helped themselves.
The rage said God will help those who will help themselves.
The prisoner enquired if a lawyer had been arranged for him.
The prisoner enquired, Had a lawyer been arranged for me?
The prisoner asked, Has a lawyer been arranged for me?
The prisoner enquired, Is there a lawyer for me?
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Please bring me a sandwich, said my friend.
He said, My friend, please bring me a sandwich.
Please bring my friend a sandwich., said he.
My friend said, Will you bring me a sandwich.
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He asked me what time did the offices close.
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Manna asked Rohan whether he had sat in a trolley bus earlier.
Manna asked Rohan had he sat in a trolley bus before.
Manna asked Rohan if he sat on a trolley bus before.
Manna asked Rohan if he has ever sat in a trolley bus
He asked his teacher, Need I read this chapter?
He asked his teacher whether there was a need to read that chapter.
He asked his teacher whether he needed to read this chapter.
He asked his teacher if it was necessary to read this chapter.
He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.
He said, Honesty is the best policy.
He said that honesty has been the best policy.
He said that honesty is the best policy.
He said that honesty had been the best policy.
He said that honesty was the best policy.
He said, What a beautiful scene!
He said that what a beautiful scene it was.
He wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
He exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.
I said to him, Why are you working so hard?
I asked him why was he working so hard
I asked him why he had been working so hard
I asked him why he was working so hard
I asked him why had he been working so hard
He said, I have often told you not to waste your time.
He said that he had often told not to waste your time.
He said that he had often told him not to waste his time.
He said that he had often suggested to him not to waste him time.
He told that he has often told him not to waste his time.
He said to her, Dont read so fast.
He told her not to read so fast.
He advised her dont read so fast.
He requested her not to read so fast.
He ordered her not to read so fast.
The old man said that he would soon be leaving the world.
The old man said, I am going to leave the world soon.
The old man said, I shall soon be leaving the world.
The old man said, I would soon leave the world.
The old man said, I am soon leaving the world.
Rajan said, O that I were a child again !
Rajan exclaimed with wonder that he was a child again.
Rajan wondered that were be a child again.
Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again.
Rajan prayed that he were a child again
He exclaimed with joy that their team had won the tournament.
He exclaimed, Hurrah ! Our team has won the tournament !
He said, Our team has won the tournament.
He said, Wow ! Our team won the tournament.
He said, Our team won the tournament.