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SSC CGL 2025 PYQ — Question 95

SSC CGL - 14 Oct 2025 - Shift 1 • English • Q95

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Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence:

I asked him what was he doing there.

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Correct answer: A

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Correct Answer

what he was doing there

Explanation

The original sentence contains a common error in indirect speech. When a question is transformed into an indirect statement (introduced by a reporting verb like 'asked'), the word order must change from interrogative (verb-subject) to declarative (subject-verb).

In 'I asked him what was he doing there,' the word order 'was he' is interrogative. By changing it to 'what he was doing there,' we follow the standard declarative structure required for indirect questions.