Choose the appropriate direct form of speech of the sentence given below :

He said that his master was writing letters :

(A) He said," My master was writing letters".

(B) He said,"My master has been writing letters".

(C) He said,"My master had been writing letters".

(D) He said,"My master is writing letters".

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

____ the government takes stringent measures, the problem will not be solved.

Choose the option which correctly transforms the following sentence from Direct to Indirect:

The President said, "It gives me a great pleasure to be here this evening".

Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate option:

Rajesh has a weird habit of not leaving the stage ____ he gets a standing ovation.

Fill in the the blanks in sentences in List-I with the correct verb-forms from List-II:

List-I (Sentences)	List-II (Verb-forms)
(A) I finally _____ the movie with my friends yesterday	(I) will be seeing
(B) We _______ the result online.	(II) saw
(C) They _______ all the important sites during their earlier visit.	(III) will see
(D) I _________ my grandmother after nearly two years.	(IV) had seen

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition.

Calcutta is _____ the banks of river Hooghly.

(A) above

(B) at

(C) over

(D) on

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Select the most appropriate preposition to complete the following sentence:

I'm afraid you may be ______ for a bit of shock.