Narration (Direct and Indirect Speech) SSC CGL Questions

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Narration (Direct and Indirect Speech) MCQ Questions


1.
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
He said that something might be missing in there.
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A.
He said, "Something may be missing in here."
B.
He said, "Something had to be missing in there."
C.
He said, "Something is been missing in here."
D.
He said, "Something could be missing in here."
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ANSWER :
A. He said, "Something may be missing in here."
2.
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She asked me why I had been smoking that day.
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A.
She said to me, "Why were you smoking today?"
B.
She said to me, "Why are you smoking today?"
C.
She said to me, "Why you smoke today?"
D.
She says to me, "Why were you smoking this day?"
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ANSWER :
A. She said to me, "Why were you smoking today?"
3.
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said to me, The charlatan will be breaking into the safe.
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A.
She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.
B.
She said to me that the charlatan will be breaking into the safe.
C.
She said to me that the charlatan can be breaking into the safe.
D.
She said to me that the charlatan is breaking into the safe.
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ANSWER :
A. She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.
4.
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Shyam asked me how I had persuaded his sister.
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A.
"How are you persuading my sister?" Shyam asked me.
B.
"How did you persuaded my sister?" Shyam asked me.
C.
"How did you persuade my sister?" Shyam asked me.
D.
"How have you persuade my sister?" Shyam asks me.
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ANSWER :
C. "How did you persuade my sister?" Shyam asked me.
5.
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Mr. Sharma asked him if Maya had invited him for lunch.
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A.
Mr. Sharma said to him, "Has Maya invited you for lunch?"
B.
Mr. Sharma said to me. "Has Maya invited you for lunch?"
C.
Mr. Sharma said to him. "Had Maya invited us for lunch?"
D.
Mr. Sharma said to him. "Did Maya invited us for lunch?"
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ANSWER :
A. Mr. Sharma said to him, "Has Maya invited you for lunch?"
6.
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence:
She said, "She must leave all the bad habits."
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A.
She said she has to leave all the bad habits
B.
She said that she must have leave all the bad habits
C.
She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
D.
She said that she could leave all the bad habits
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ANSWER :
C. She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.