Question:
Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
The candidates said to the invigilator, “What is the correct method to attempt this section when there are no clear instructions given on the paper?”
दिए गए विकल्पों में से निम्नलिखित कथन का सही अप्रत्यक्ष कथन (indirect narration) चुनिए:
The candidates said to the invigilator, “What is the correct method to attempt this section when there are no clear instructions given on the paper?”
Options:
- The candidates asked the invigilator what had been the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what was the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what had to be the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what was being the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what had been the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what was the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what had to be the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
- The candidates asked the invigilator what was being the correct method to attempt that section when there were no clear instructions given on the paper.
Correct Answer: b)
Explanation:
Simple present ‘is’ changes to simple past ‘was’, ‘this section’ becomes ‘that section’, and ‘are’ becomes ‘were’. Thus, option (b) is grammatically correct.
डायरेक्ट से इनडायरेक्ट में बदलते समय ‘is’ बदलकर ‘was’, ‘this section’ बदलकर ‘that section’, और ‘are’ बदलकर ‘were’ हो जाता है। अतः विकल्प (b) सही है।