प्रत्यक्ष और परोक्ष कथन MCQ - उत्तर सहित अभ्यास प्रश्न

The question asks for the incorrectly changed sentence. In option C, the reporting verb is past, so is becomes was, but the pronoun mine must also change according to the speaker Anita. It should be hers, not mine. Also this may change to that if the book is not near the speaker in reported speech. A better form is: Anita said that that book was hers. Therefore D is the incorrect conversion.

An exclamatory sentence is reported with a verb such as exclaimed, often with words showing the feeling, such as with admiration or with joy. The exclamatory order What a beautiful painting this is becomes a statement: that was a very beautiful painting. Since the reporting verb said is in the past tense, is changes to was, and this normally changes to that. Thus option B gives the correct indirect form.

Universal truths generally do not change their tense in indirect speech, even when the reporting verb is in the past. 'The sun rises in the east' states a permanent fact, so 'rises' should remain in the simple present. The correct indirect speech is 'Father said that the sun rises in the east.' Option A changes 'rises' to 'rose', so it is the incorrectly changed sentence.

In indirect speech, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb inside the quotation is usually backshifted. Present perfect, have finished, becomes past perfect, had finished. The first person pronoun I also changes according to the speaker, so it becomes he, and my becomes his. Therefore the correct sentence is: He said that he had finished his homework.

A polite imperative with 'please' is reported with a verb such as 'requested' and the structure 'requested + object + to + base verb'. The word 'please' is normally omitted because the reporting verb already shows the request. In this sentence, 'your notebook' refers to Ravi's notebook, so 'your' would become 'his', not 'her'. Thus statements I and II are correct, while statement III is incorrect.