DIRECT/INDIRECT SPEECH
511. The accused said to the magis-           (1) Ram told that honesty was         521. In the following question, a
     trate, ‘Pardon me this time, sir.’            the best policy                       sentence has been gi ven in
     (1) The accused advised the              (2) Ram said that honesty has              Direct/Indirect speech. Out of
         magistrate to pardon him that             been the best policy                  the four alternatives suggested,
         time                                 (3) Ram told that honesty has the          select the one, which best
     (2) The accused told the magis-               best policy                           expresses the same sentence in
         trate to pardon me that time         (4) Ram said that honesty is the           Indirect/Direct speech.
     (3) The accused ordered the                   best policy                           The girl in the red dress said to
         magistrate to pardon him that   517. She said, “Satish sang”.                   me, “Where is the film studio?”
         time                                 (1) She said that Satish had               (1) The girl in the red dress
     (4) The accused begged the                    sung.                                      inquired me, where the film
         magistrate to pardon him that        (2) She said that Satish has                    studio is.
         time                                      sung.                                 (2) The girl in the red dress
512. He said to him, ‘I assure you I          (3) She said that Satish had been               asked me, where is the film
     am not at fault.’                             sung.                                      studio.
     (1) He assured him that he was           (4) She said that Satish has been          (3) The girl in the red dress
         not at fault                              sung.                                      asked me where the film
                                         518. I said to him, ‘When did your                   studio is.
     (2) He assured him that he have
                                              school close?’
         not at fault                                                                    (4) The girl in the red dress
                                              (1) I asked him when his school
     (3) He assured him that I was                                                            asked me where the film
                                                   closed
         not at fault                                                                         studio was.
                                              (2) I asked him when his school
     (4) He assured him that he had                                                            (SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I (CBE)
                                                   was closed
         not at fault                                                                         Exam. 16.01.2017 (IInd Sitting)
                                              (3) I asked him if when his
513. She said that she really liked that           school had closed                    Directions (522-548) : In each of
     furniture.                               (4) I asked him when his school      the following questions, a sentence has
     (1) “ She real l y l i ked thi s              had closed                      been given in Direct/Indirect speech.
         furniture,” she said            519. The teacher said, ‘What is the       Out of the four alternatives suggest-
                                              matter?’                             ed, select the one which best expresses
     (2) “She had really liked this
         furniture, “ she said                (1) The teacher asked what the       the same sentence in Indirect/Direct
                                                   matter was                      speech.
     (3) “I really like this furniture,”
                                              (2) The teacher asked what was                           (SSC CGL Tier-II (CBE)
         she said
                                                   the matter                                             Exam. 12.01.2017)
     (4) “I have really liked this
                                              (3) The teacher asked what the        522. They told us that they had wait-
         furniture,” she said
                                                   matters had been                      ed at the station for a long time.
514. He told me that his father had
     gone to Mumbai the previous              (4) The teacher asked what the             (1) They told us, “We waited at
     week.                                         matter is                                  the station for a long time”.
                                         520. In the following question, a sen-          (2) They told us, “We had been
     (1) He asked me,“My father had
                                              tence has been given in Direct/                 waiting at the station for a
         go to Mumbai last week.”
                                              Indirect speech. Out of the four                long time”.
     (2) He said to me,“My father             alternatives suggested, select the
         went to Mumbai last week.”                                                      (3) They told us, “We are wait-
                                              one which best express the same
     (3) He said to me,“My father go                                                          ing at the station for a long
                                              sentence in Ind irect/Di rect
         to Mumbai last week.”                                                                time”.
                                              speech.
     (4) He told me,“My father went           The client said to the ticket-sell-        (4) They told us, “We wait at the
         to Mumbai the previ ous              er, “At what time do the counters               station for a long time.”
         week”.                               close?”                               523. The boss said to him, “Please tell
515. She announced that they had              (1) The client asked the ticket-           me what the old man said today.”
     selected Pradeep as their leader.             seller at what time the               (1) The boss requested him to
     (1) She said, “Pradeep is our                 counters closed.                           tell him what the old man had
         leader.”                             (2) The client asked the ticket-                said that day.
     (2) She announced, “We have                   seller at what time did the           (2) The boss requested him to
                                                   counters always close.                     tell him what the old man had
         selected Pradeep as o ur
         leader.”                             (3) The client said to the ticket-              said today.
                                                   seller at what time the
     (3) She announced, “Let us select                                                   (3) The boss requested him to
                                                   counters close.
         Pradeep as our leader.”                                                              tell him what the old man
                                              (4) The client inquired to the                  said that day.
     (4) She declared, “Pradeep had                ticket-seller at what time the
         been selected as our leader.”             counters usually close.               (4) The boss requested him to
516. Ram said, ‘Honesty is the best                 (SSC CHSL (10+2) Tier-I (CBE)             tell him what the old man
     policy.’                                      Exam. 15.01.2017 (IInd Sitting)            said today.
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