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Choose the correct reported construction of the given sentence:

Rohit said to me, "Where were you last night ? I had to keep awake till midnight for you!"

(A) Rohit asked me where had I been the previous night and complained that he had been kept awake till midnight for me.

(B) Rohit questioned me about my whereabouts of the night before and shouted that he was awake till midnight for him.

(C) Rohit enquired where I was the last night and exclaimed that he kept awake till midnight for me.

(D) Rohit asked me where I am going for the night and if he should keep awake for him tim till midnight.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 1

Reporting requires the past tense to shift back and last night to become the previous night. Only (A) does both and keeps the pronoun me correct. (B) wrongly ends with for him, (C) keeps last night and the unshifted kept, and (D) changes the meaning entirely.

Note: Option (A) retains the interrogative order where had I been rather than where I had been; it is still the only choice with correct tense shift and pronouns.

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