Direct and Indirect Narration Questions Practice Question and Answer
8 Q: Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Our Principal says, “Rules are to be followed at any cost.”
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64c3a78fa919c8488e1350b2- 1Our Principal advised that rules need to be followed at any cost.false
- 2Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost.true
- 3Our Principal told that rules are to be followed at any cost.false
- 4Our Principal said that rules had to be followed at any costfalse
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Answer : 2. "Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost."
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
"It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."
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5f363616efa02861bb1c115c- 1The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.false
- 2The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.false
- 3The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.true
- 4The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.false
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Answer : 3. "The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to. "
Q:Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“So help me heaven!”, the man cried, “I shall never lie again.”
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64a6b7ae9a74b54cff5ce4b6- 1The man cries out to heaven to help him not to lie again ever.false
- 2The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again.true
- 3The man requested heaven to help him and see that he lie again.false
- 4The man called heaven and ordered to help him and see to it that she never lies again.false
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Answer : 2. "The man called upon heaven to witness his resolve that he would never lie again."
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
“Is that so ?” the Sahib said cheerfully, “Well, I like village folk”.
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5f3639dbdcc3540833150412- 1The Sahib cheerfully asked if it was such and said he likes village folk.false
- 2The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk.true
- 3The Sahib told with cheer that it was so and asked if he liked village folk.false
- 4The Sahib was asking cheerfully if it was so and added that he liked village folk.false
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Answer : 2. "The Sahib asked cheerfully whether that was so, adding that he liked village folk."
Q:In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Aunt said to mother, "I will be in Surat on Friday."
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601a77bc552e5f41f7b13910- 1Aunt told mother she will be in Surat on Friday.false
- 2Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday.true
- 3Aunt told mother that she will be in Surat on Friday.false
- 4Aunt told mother she would be in Surat on Friday.false
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Answer : 2. "Aunt told mother that she would be in Surat on Friday."
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
“What’s that noise ? It sound like an aeroplane,” said Ravi.
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5f363969f5730b1383276978- 1Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane.true
- 2Ravi demanded to know what the noise was, saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
- 3Ravi asked what the noise could have been saying that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
- 4Ravi wondered about the noise thinking that it sounded like an aeroplane.false
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Answer : 1. "Ravi asked what the noise was, adding that it sounded like an aeroplane."
Q: Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
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64cce33c9e9013486a97a300- 1She said to her brother, “I was going to meet my friend.”false
- 2She said to her brother, “She will go to meet her friend.”false
- 3She said to her brother, “I am gone to meet her friend.”false
- 4She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.”true
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Answer : 4. "She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.”"
Q:In the question a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
“Can you pay him in cash ?” she said to me.
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5f1fba8dec5b045afeab50b9- 1She asked me if he could pay me in cash.false
- 2She asked me if I could pay him in cash.true
- 3She asked him if I should pay him in cash.false
- 4She asked him if I can pay him in cash.false
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