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In the following questions, 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.

"How clever of you to have solved the puzzle so quickly." said the mother.

• The mother exclaimed admiringly that it was very clever of him to have solved the puzzle so quickly.

• The mother expressed that he was so clever to have solved the puzzle quickly.

• The mother told that he was very clever in solving the puzzle so quickly.

• The mother told that he was very clever in solving the puzzle so quickly.

In the following questions, 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.

He said he goes for a walk every morning.

• He said, "I went for a walk every morning."

• He said, “I go for a walk every morning”.

• He said, “I will go for a walk every morning”.

• He said, “I will go for a walk every morning”.

In the following questions, 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 reiterated, "I don't care about the job."

• I reiterated I didn’t care about the job.

• I said again and again I didn’t care about the job.

• I reiterated that I did not care about the job.

• I reiterated that I did not care about the job.

In the following questions, 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 to my brother, “Let us go to some hill station for a change.”

• I suggested to my brother that they should go to some hill station for a change.

• I suggested to my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.

• I suggested to my brother that let us go to some hill station for a change.

• I suggested to my brother that let us go to some hill station for a change.

In the following questions, 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 wondered how many discoveries went unheeded.

• I said, “How many discoveries have gone unheeded?”

• I said, “How many discoveries went unheeded?”

• I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?”

• I said, “Do discoveries go unheeded?”

In the following questions, 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.

Gopan said to me, “Can you do these sums for me?”

• Gopan asked me if I could do those sums for him.

• Gopan asked me if I can do those sums for him.

• Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him.

• Gopan asked me if I can do these sums for him.

In the following questions, 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 boss said, “It’s time we began planning our work”.

• The boss said that it was time they had begun planning their work.

• The boss said that it was time we had begun planning our work.

• The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.

• The boss said that it was time they began planning their work.

In the following questions, 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.

He said to the judge, "I did not commit this crime."

• He told the judge that he did not commit the crime.

• He told the judge that he had not committed the crime.

• He told the judge that he had not committed that crime.

• He told the judge that he had not committed that crime.

In the following questions, 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.

Rahul said, “I will do it now or never”.

• Rahul said that he will do it now or never.

• Rahul said that he will now or never do it.

• Rahul said that he would do it then or never.

• Rahul said that he would do it then or never.

In the following questions, 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.

My father once said to me, "If I can't trust my people, then I don't want to be doing this."

• His father once told him that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that.

• My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust his people then he didn’t want to be doing that.

• My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my people then he didn’t want to be doing that.

• My father once told me that if he couldn’t trust my people then he didn’t want to be doing that.