Q1 · medium · PYQ 2025
Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives: The culprit said to the judge, "I am innocent as I did not commit the crime at all."
- The culprit told the judge that he is innocent as I had not committed the crime at all.
- The culprit told the judge that he was innocent as I had not committed the crime at all.
- The culprit told the judge that he was innocent as I did not commit the crime at all.
- The culprit told the judge that he is innocent as I did not commit the crime at all.
Q2 · medium · PYQ 2023
Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.
Shubham said that his father was playing cricket with him.
- Shubham said, "My father was playing cricket with me."
- Shubham said, "My father played cricket with me."
- Shubham said, "My father had played cricket with me."
- Shubham said, "My father is playing cricket with me."
Q3 · medium · PYQ 2025
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct voice. She asked him if he had been to the new cafe that had opened the previous week, and whether he thought it was better than the one they had been going to for months.
- "Have you been to the new cafe that opened last week, and do you think it is better than the one we have been going to for months?" she asked him.
- "Did you go to the new cafe that had opened the previous week, and did you think it was better than the one we had been going to for months?" she asked him.
- "Has you been to the new cafe that opened last week, and do you think it is better than the one we had been going to for months?" she asked him.
- "Had you been to the new cafe that opened last week, and did you think it was better than the one we had been going to for months?" she asked him.
Q4 · medium · PYQ 2025
Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech. He suggested that we revise the chapter thoroughly before the test.
- He, said, "Let's revise the chapter thoroughly before the test."
- He said, "Revise the chapter thoroughly before the test."
- He suggested, "we will revise the chapter thoroughly before the test."
- He suggested, "We must revise the chapter thoroughly before the test."
Q5 · medium · PYQ 2025
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct voice. The detective told the witnesses that they must tell him everything they had seen that morning, as it could be the key to solving the case that had been haunting the city for a long time.
- "You must tell me everything you had seen that morning, as it could be the key to solving the case that had been haunting the city for a long time," the detective said to the witnesses.
- "You must tell him everything you saw this morning, as it could be the key to solving the case that has been haunting the city for a long time," the detective said to the witnesses.
- "You must tell me everything you saw this morning, as it could be the key to solving the case that has been haunting the city for a long time," the detective said to the witnesses.
- "You had to tell me everything you saw this morning, as it could be the key to solving the case that was haunting the city for a long time," the detective said to the witnesses.