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  1. 1601SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. She said, "How wonderful the view is!"

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    Correct option: D — She exclaimed that the view was wonderful.

    She exclaimed that the view was wonderful.(Correct) (a) She said how wonderful the view is. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (b) She exclaimed that the view was very wonderful. (Incorrect Word Usage) (c) She said that the view is wonderful. (Incorrect Verb)

  2. 1602SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech. She told me that I should have been more careful.

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    Correct option: A — She said, "You should have been more careful."

    She said, "You should have been more careful." (Correct) (b) She said, "You should be more careful." (Incorrect Verb) (c) She said, "You would have been more careful." (Incorrect Modal) (d) She said, "You must have been more careful." (Incorrect Modal)

  3. 1603SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. She said, "My parents are visiting next week."

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    Correct option: D — She said that her parents were visiting the following week.

    She said that her parents were visiting the following week. (Correct) (a) She said that her parents are visiting next week. (Incorrect Tense) (b) She said that her parents will visit next week. (Incorrect Tense) (c) She said that my parents were visiting the next week. (Incorrect Adjective)

  4. 1604SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. The reporter reported that five people had been drowned in a boat accident.

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    Correct option: A — The reporter said, "Five people were drowned in a boat accident."

    The reporter said, "Five people were drowned in a boat accident." (Correct) (b) The reporter said, "Five people are drowned in a boat accident." (Incorrect Tense) (c) The reporter said, "Five people were drowning in a boat accident." (Incorrect form of Verb) (d) The reporter said, "Five people drowned in a road accident." (Helping verb is missing)

  5. 1605SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. They requested to close the door if he was feeling cold.

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    Correct option: B — They said, "Please close the door if you are feeling cold."

    They said, "Please close the door if you are feeling cold." (Correct) (a) They said, "Please closed the door if you are feeling cold." (Incorrect form of Verb) (c) They said, "Please close the door if you is feeling cold." (Incorrect Verb) (d) They said, "Please close the door if feel cold." (Subject is missing)

  6. 1606SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. She said, "O that I were a bird!"

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    Correct option: A — She said that she wished she were a bird.

    She said that she wished she were a bird. (Correct) (b) She said that she has been a bird. (Incorrect Tense) (c) She said that she wanted to be a bird. (Incorrect Tense) (d) She said that she was a bird. (Incorrect Tense)

  7. 1607SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. The man said, "Be quiet and listen carefully."

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    Correct option: B — The man ordered them to be quiet and listen carefully.

    The man ordered them to be quiet and listen carefully. (Correct) (a) The man said to be quiet and to listen carefully. (Incorrect Reporting Verb) (c) The man asked to be quiet and listen. (Incorrect Reporting Verb) (d) The man advised them to be quiet. (Incorrect Reporting Verb)

  8. 1608SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. She said, "I need some rest."

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    Correct option: A — She said that she needed some rest.

    She said that she needed some rest. (Correct) (b) She said that she needs some rest. (Incorrect Tense) (c) She said that she had needed some rest. (Incorrect Tense) (d) She said that she will need some rest. (Incorrect Tense)

  9. 1609SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. Rukmini said to Sanjana, "Why didn't you appear in the UPSC Preliminary Examination last year ?"

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    Correct option: B — Rukmini asked Sanjana why she had not appeared in the UPSC Preliminary Examination the previous year.

    Rukmini asked Sanjana why she had not appeared in the UPSC Preliminary Examination the previous year. (Correct) (a) Rukmini asked Sanjana why had she not appeared in the UPSC Preliminary Examination the previous year. (Incorrect Word Order) (c) Rukmini told Sanjana why she had not appeared in the UPSC Preliminary Examination the last year. (Incorrect Reporting Verb) (d) Rukmini asked Sanjana why she did not appear in the UPSC Preliminary Examination last year. (Incorrect Tense)

  10. 1610SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

    Select the correct indirect/direct form of the given sentence.

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. They said, "Please bring the basket here."

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    Correct option: B — They requested me to take the basket there.

    They requested me to take the basket there. (Correct) (a) They requested to take the basket here. (Incorrect Adverb) (c) They requested me to bring the basket there. (Incorrect Verb) (d) They requested me to bring the basket here. (Incorrect Adverb)

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