Question:
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.
He said, “If I had studied harder, I would have passed the examination.”
प्रत्यक्ष कथन (direct speech) में एक वाक्य दिया गया है। दिए गए चार विकल्पों में से, वह विकल्प चुनें जो इसके संगत अप्रत्यक्ष कथन (indirect speech) में वाक्य को सबसे सटीक रूप से व्यक्त करता है।
He said, “If I had studied harder, I would have passed the examination.”
Options:
- a) He said if he studied harder, he would pass the examination.
- b) He said that if he had studied harder, he would have passed the examination.
- c) He told that he would have passed the examination if he studied harder.
- d) He said that if he studied harder, he would had passed the examination.
- a) He said if he studied harder, he would pass the examination.
- b) He said that if he had studied harder, he would have passed the examination.
- c) He told that he would have passed the examination if he studied harder.
- d) He said that if he studied harder, he would had passed the examination.
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
The direct speech contains a type-3 conditional clause (“If I had studied…, I would have passed…”). When converting to indirect speech, the tenses in conditional sentences expressing an unreal/hypothetical past situation (type 3) remain unchanged. The pronoun “I” changes to “he”. The conjunction “that” is added. Thus, option (b) is the correct indirect sentence.
डायरेक्ट स्पीच में टाइप-3 कंडीशनल क्लॉज (“If I had studied…, I would have passed…”) शामिल है। इनडायरेक्ट स्पीच में बदलते समय, एक अवास्तविक/परिकल्पित अतीत की स्थिति (type 3) को व्यक्त करने वाले कंडीशनल वाक्यों में टेंस अपरिवर्तित रहते हैं। प्रोनाउन “I” बदलकर “he” हो जाता है और कंजंक्शन “that” जोड़ा जाता है। अतः, विकल्प (b) सही इनडायरेक्ट वाक्य है।