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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

The teacher said to the student, “Why were you absent yesterday ?”

  • The teacher asked the student why had been he absent the previous day.

  • The teacher asked the student why had he been absent the previous day.

  • The teacher informed the student that why he had been absent the next day.

  • The teacher informed the student that why he had been absent the next day.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

‘From one of the windows of my flat I can see the Qutab Minar’, said my friend.

  • My friend told that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.

  • My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he can see the Qutub Minar.

  • My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.

  • My friend said that from one of the windows of his flat he could see the Qutub Minar.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

Shanker said to his friends, “Look out! there is a snake behind you.”

  • Shanker told his friends to look out as there was a snake behind him.

  • Shanker told his friends to look out as there was a snake behind him.

  • Seeing a snake behind him, Shanker asked his friend to look out.

  • Seeing a snake behind him, Shanker asked his friend to look out.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

The teacher said to Ram, "Would you like to go on a trip to Kashmir?" Ram said, "Yes"

  • The teacher asked if Ram would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied yes.

  • The teacher asked Ram if he would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied yes.

  • The teacher asked Ram if he would have like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied in the affirmative.

  • The teacher asked Ram if he would have like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied in the affirmative.

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15.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

“Suppose you children go out for a nice long walk”,  she said.

  • She proposed that the children went out for a nice long walk.

  • She advised that the children go out for a nice long walk.

  • She suggested that the children go out for a nice long walk.

  • She suggested that the children go out for a nice long walk.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

Everybody said, "How well she sings!"

  • Everybody told us that she sings very well.

  • Everybody exclaimed that she sings very well.

  • Everybody exclaimed that she sang very well.

  • Everybody exclaimed that she sang very well.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

The old man of Latur said, "Alas, my only son is dead!"

  • The old man of Latur exclaimed with sorrow that his only son was dead.

  • The old man of Latur told with pain that his only son was dead.

  • The old man of Latur expressed with anguish that his only son was dead.

  • The old man of Latur expressed with anguish that his only son was dead.

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18.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

I said, 'Let Mohan do his worst, he cannot harm me.'

  • I suggested to Mohan do his worst, he could not harm me.

  • I told that if Mohan did his worst, he could not harm me.

  • I declared that Mohan might do his worst, he could not harm me.

  • I declared that Mohan might do his worst, he could not harm me.

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

'Call the first witness', said the Judge.

  • The judge commanded to call the first witness.

  • The judge commanded them to call the first witness.

  • The judge commanded that the first witness be called.

  • The judge commanded that the first witness be called.


B.

The judge commanded them to call the first witness.

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20. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect form. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct form.

The queen said to her son, "You must go to the forest and remain there till your father calls you back."
  • The queen ordered her son to go to the forest and remain there till his father calls him back.

  • The queen told her son that he must go to the forest and remain there till his father called him back.

  • The queen told his son that you must go to the forest and remain there till your father called you back.

  • The queen told his son that you must go to the forest and remain there till your father called you back.

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