Direct And Indirect Speech - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

In direct speech, the question is: "Have you sat in a trolley bus before?"
To convert it into indirect speech, we use the reporting verb "asked" followed by the reporting clause "if" or "whether" and the appropriate tense. In this case, the tense remains the same as the original question, so "have" becomes "has" in the indirect speech because it's referring to the present perfect tense.
Therefore, the correct conversion is: "Manna asked Rohan if he has ever sat in a trolley bus."

Farhan asked Geeta whether she could lend him a hundred rupees until the next day.

He asked me what about going for a swim as it was quite fine then.

He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.

Vissu said that they had passed by a beautiful lake when they had gone on a trip to Goa.

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, we need to make certain changes. The reporting verb "said" changes to "told," and the pronouns and tenses also change accordingly. In this case, "I" changes to "me," "expect" changes to "expected," and "attend" remains the same as it is in the infinitive form. The correct option is D.

He enquired why I had not sent my application to him.

Dinesh asked Rani whether she was going to the party the next day.

Suresh asked how long it would take to travel from Germany to South Africa.

Ashok asked Anil what he had seen at the South Pole.