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  1. 1631SSC2025English 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, "Can I ask a question?"

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    Correct option: A — She asked whether she could ask a question.

    She asked whether she could ask a question. (Correct) (b) She asked whether she might ask a question. (Incorrect Model) (c) She said whether she could ask a question. (Incorrect Reporting Verb) (d) She asked whether she can ask a question. (Incorrect Model)

  2. 1632SSC2025English 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 had eaten breakfast."

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    Correct option: C — She said that she had eaten breakfast.

    She said that she had eaten breakfast. (Correct) (a) She said that she ate breakfast. (Incorrect Tense) (b) She said that she would have eaten breakfast. (Incorrect Tense) (d) She said that she has eaten breakfast. (Incorrect Tense)

  3. 1633SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. Simran said that she had been writing a letter to the principal.

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    Correct option: B — Simran said, 'I have been writing a letter to the principal."

    Simran said, 'I have been writing a letter to the principal." (Correct) (a) Simran said, "I have writing a letter to the principal." (Incorrect Tense) (c) Simran said, "I was being writing a letter to the principal." (Incorrect Tense) (d) Simran said, "I was written a letter to the principal." (Incorrect Tense)

  4. 1634SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    In the following question, a sentence has been given in Indirect Speech. Choose the correct Direct Speech form. The analyst stated that inflation could have been controlled if monetary policies had been revised earlier.

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    Correct option: A — The analyst stated, "Inflation could have been controlled if monetary policies had been revised earlier."

    The analyst stated, "Inflation could have been controlled if monetary policies had been revised earlier." (Correct) (b) The analyst stated, "Inflation could be controlled if monetary policies were revised earlier." (Incorrect Verb) (c) The analyst stated, "Inflation had been controlled if monetary policies had been revised earlier." (Incorrect Tense) (d) The analyst stated, "Inflation can be controlled if monetary policies are revised earlier." (Incorrect Verb)

  5. 1635SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Indirect Speech. They said, "How foolish of him to say that!"

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    Correct option: B — They exclaimed that it had been very foolish of him to say that.

    They exclaimed that it had been very foolish of him to say that. (Correct) (a) They exclaimed how foolish of him to say that. (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) They exclaimed that he is very foolish to say that. (Incorrect Tense) (d) They said it was very foolish of him to say that. (Incorrect Reporting Verb)

  6. 1636SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Indirect Speech. He said, "It must be raining outside."

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    Correct option: B — He said it must be raining outside.

    He said it must be raining outside. (Correct) (a) He said it should be raining outside. (Incorrect Modal) (c) He said it might be raining outside. (Incorrect Modal) (d) He said it had to be raining outside. (Incorrect Modal)

  7. 1637SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. Rohan said to Manasi, "I have no rose to give you now."

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    Correct option: B — Rohan told Manasi that he had no rose to give her then.

    Rohan told Manasi that he had no rose to give her then. (Correct) (a) Rohan told Manasi that he has no rose to give her then. (Incorrect Verb) (c) Rohan told Manasi that he had had no rose to give her then. (Incorrect Tense) (d) Rohan told Manasi that he had no rose to give her now. (Incorrect Adverb)

  8. 1638SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech. She said that she had never encountered such behavior.

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    Correct option: D — She said, "I had never encountered such behavior."

    She said, "I had never encountered such behavior." (Correct) (a) She said, "I never encounter such behavior." (Incorrect Tense) (b) She said, "She have never encountered such behavior." (Incorrect Helping Verb) (c) She said, "I was never encountering such behavior." (Incorrect Tense)

  9. 1639SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. He exclaimed that the flower was looking very beautiful, which was placed in the vase.

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    Correct option: A — He said, "How beautiful the flower is looking, which is placed in the vase!"

    He said, "How beautiful the flower is looking, which is placed in the vase!" (Correct) (b) He said, "What beautiful the flower is looking which was placed in the vase!" (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (c) He said, "Which beautiful the flower was looking which is placed in the vase!" (Incorrect Sentence Structure) (d) He said, "The flower is looking very beautiful which is placed in the vase!" (Incorrect Sentence Structure)

  10. 1640SSC2025English LanguageEnglish

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

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech. He said to me, "Where are you going?"

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    Correct option: D — He asked me where I was going.

    He asked me where I was going. (Correct) (a) He asked me where I had gone. (Incorrect Tense) (b) He asked me where I am going. (Incorrect Helping Verb) (c) He asked me where I go. (Incorrect Tense)

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