Direct - Indirect
Direction : Direct-Indirect Speech
- प्रश्न 91 Choose the correct indirect speech alternative of ‘The geography teacher said, “The earth is round.”
Stenographer Pre Exam (21 March 2021) (Paper II) -
- (अ) The geography teacher said that the earth was round.
- (ब) This geography teacher said that the earth had been round.
- (स) The geography teacher said that the earth has been round.
- (द) The geography teacher said that the earth is round.
उत्तर : The geography teacher said that the earth is round.
- प्रश्न 92 He said to her, ‘Time waits for none’.
The indirect narration of the above sentence will be :
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) He told her that time waited for none.
- (ब) He told her that time had waited for none.
- (स) He asked her that time waits for none.
- (द) He told her that time waits for none.
उत्तर : He told her that time waits for none.
- प्रश्न 93 He said ‘Hari grows plants’ The indiract narration of the above sentence will be :
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) He told that Hari grows piants.
- (ब) He asked that Hari grows plants.
- (स) He told that Hari grew plants.
- (द) He asked that Hari grew plants.
उत्तर : He told that Hari grew plants.
- प्रश्न 94 He said to me, ‘Do you know my name ?’ The indirect speech of the above sentence will be :
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) He asked me if I knew his name.
- (ब) He told me if I know his name.
- (स) He asked me if he knew my name,
- (द) He said to me if he knew my name.
उत्तर : He asked me if I knew his name.
- प्रश्न 95 I said to him, ‘What is your name ?’
The indirect speech of the above sentence will be:
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) I told him what his name was
- (ब) I said to him what is his name
- (स) I told him that what his name was
- (द) I asked him what his name was
उत्तर : I asked him what his name was
- प्रश्न 96 Ram said to me ‘Leave me alone’.
The indirect speech of the above sentence will be:
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) Ram said to me to leave me alone.
- (ब) Ram asked me to leave me alone.
- (स) Ram said to me to leave him alone.
- (द) Ram told me to leave her alone.
उत्तर : Ram said to me to leave him alone.
- प्रश्न 97 The teacher said to the boys, ‘Don’t annoy me’.
The indirect narration of the above sentence will be:
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) The teacher forbade the boys to annoy him.
- (ब) The teacher asked the boys not to annoy him.
- (स) The teacher told the boys don't annoy him.
- (द) The teacher said to the boys to annoy him.
उत्तर : The teacher forbade the boys to annoy him.
- प्रश्न 98 She said, ‘How beautiful the flower is!’
The indirect speech of the above sentence will be :
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) He said that the flower was verv beautiful
- (ब) She exclaimed with joy that the flower was very beautiful.
- (स) She exclaimed that the flower is very beautiful.
- (द) She asked that the flower is very beautiful.
उत्तर : She exclaimed with joy that the flower was very beautiful.
- प्रश्न 99 The teacher said to the boys ‘You can do this work’.
The idirect narration of the above sentence will be:
Stenographer Comp. Exam - 2011 (Paper II) -
- (अ) The teacher told the boys that they could do that work,
- (ब) The teacher told the boys that they can do this work,
- (स) The teacher told the boys that they can do this work.
- (द) The teacher told the boys if they could do that work.
उत्तर : The teacher told the boys that they could do that work,
- प्रश्न 100 Choose a sentence with the correct Indirect form of Narration:
Direct : “I will sell the TV set if you keep quarrelling about the programme”. said their mother.
“No, don’t do that ! We will never quarrel”, said the children.
Options:
Gram Sevak 2016 -
- (अ) Their mother said that she would sell the TV set if you kept quarrelling about the programme. The children said, don’t do that as we would never quarrel.
- (ब) Their mother told that the TV set will be sold if they keep quarrelling about the programme. The children forbade her to do that, saying that they will never quarrel.
- (स) Their mother threatened to sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children begged her not to do that assuring her that they would never quarrel.
- (द) Their mother threatened that she should sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children requested her do not do this as we would never quarrel.
उत्तर : Their mother threatened to sell the TV set if they kept quarrelling about the programme. The children begged her not to do that assuring her that they would never quarrel.
page no.(10/24)