Question:
Change to Indirect speech: The examiner said to the candidates, ‘Do not write anything on the question booklet.’
Indirect speech में बदलें: The examiner said to the candidates, ‘Do not write anything on the question booklet.’
Options:
- The examiner forbade the candidates to write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner asked the candidates do not write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner warned the candidates not write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner told the candidates to not wrote anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner forbade the candidates to write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner asked the candidates do not write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner warned the candidates not write anything on the question booklet.
- The examiner told the candidates to not wrote anything on the question booklet.
Correct Answer: a)
Explanation:
Using ‘forbade’ (which is already negative), the infinitive is positive (‘to write anything’). Hence: ‘The examiner forbade the candidates to write anything on the question booklet.’
‘Forbade’ स्वयं निषेधात्मक है, अतः इसके बाद ‘to write’ का प्रयोग सही है।