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Select the option which expresses the given sentence in Indirect speech:

The visitor said to Sameer," Why did your father drag you into this situation?"

The visitor said to Sameer that why his father dragged him into this situation.

The visitor asked Sameer why his father dragged him into that situation?

The visitor asked Sameer why his father had dragged him into that situation.

The visitor told Sameer why his father had dragged him into that situation?

✅ Correct Option: 3

A question in reported speech takes asked, keeps the wh word, uses statement word order and ends with a full stop. The simple past did drag shifts to the past perfect had dragged, and this becomes that. Only option 3 satisfies all these changes.

2026: 14 May Shift 1

Choose the most appropriate passive construction of the following sentence from the options given below:

His friends assured him of various promising possibilities.

2025: 24 May Shift 1

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with the suitable Prepositions given in List-II:

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Prepositions)
(A) This weekend we are planning to make _______ the seaside.	(I) up
(B) Since it is not cold any longer, we can do _______ the fireplace.	(II) for
(C) Last weekend we decided to start doing _______ our bedroom.	(III) to
(D) What was she trying _______ prove ?	(IV) without

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 15 May Shift 1

Fill in the blanks in LIST-I with the appropriate word given in LIST-II

	LIST-I (Sentences)		LIST-II (Words)
A.	The shopkeeper did not have the toys I was looking ____.	I.	over
B.	They have quarrelled ____ a piece of land.	II.	at
C.	This watch is a gift ____ my uncle.	III.	for
D.	His father died ____ the age of 60.	IV.	from

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2026: 29 May Shift 2

Choose the most appropriate option to fill in the blank in the given sentence:

The residents of the locality were seething _______ resentment over the inefficiency of the governing body, as it failed to uphold the promises made during the elections.

2026: 25 May Shift 1

Choose the grammatically correct sentence from the options given below.

2023: 15 June Shift 3

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Select the option which expresses the given sentence in Indirect speech: The visitor said to Sameer," Why did your father drag you into this situation?"

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Select the option which expresses the given sentence in Indirect speech:

The visitor said to Sameer," Why did your father drag you into this situation?"