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Direct and Indirect Narration Questions for SSC CGL

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Q1 · medium · AI-verified
Select the correct indirect speech for: She said, "I am very tired today."
  1. She said that I was very tired that day.
  2. She told that she was very tired today.
  3. She said that she is very tired today.
  4. She said that she was very tired that day.
Q2 · hard · AI-verified
Identify the correctly reported speech: 'I have been waiting here for two hours,' she complained.
  1. She complained that she had been waiting here for two hours.
  2. She complained that she has been waiting there for two hours.
  3. She complained that she had been waiting there for two hours.
  4. She complained that she had waited there for two hours.
Q3 · hard · AI-verified
Select the option that correctly converts the following sentence from Direct to Indirect Speech: The doctor said to the patient, "You must take complete rest for at least a fortnight."
  1. The doctor advised the patient that he must take complete rest for at least a fortnight.
  2. The doctor told the patient that he had to take complete rest for at least a fortnight.
  3. The doctor said to the patient that he should take complete rest for at least a fortnight.
  4. The doctor advised the patient to take complete rest for at least fifteen days.
Q4 · hard · AI-verified
Select the option that correctly converts the following sentence from Direct to Indirect Speech: The officer said to the clerk, "Why have you not submitted the report yet?"
  1. The officer asked the clerk why he had not submitted the report till then.
  2. The officer questioned the clerk why he has not submitted the report yet.
  3. The officer asked the clerk why had he not submitted the report yet.
  4. The officer asked the clerk why he had not submitted the report yet.
Q5 · hard · AI-verified
Select the correct indirect speech for: The general ordered his soldiers, 'Attack the enemy at dawn.'
  1. The general ordered his soldiers that they should attack the enemy at dawn.
  2. The general told his soldiers to attack the enemy at the dawn.
  3. The general commanded his soldiers that attack the enemy at dawn.
  4. The general ordered his soldiers to attack the enemy at dawn.
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