SSC Selection Post 2019 PYQ — Question 21

SSC Selection Post - Higher Secondary Level 2019 - 15 Oct 2019 • English • Q21

Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.

"Have you heard this story?" Neelu asked me.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Neelu asked me if I had heard that story.

Changes required:


Conjunction: if is used to join the reported question.
Verb: have heard (present perfect) changes to had heard (past perfect).
Tense: Present perfect → Past perfect.
Pronoun: you becomes I, as Neelu is speaking to "me".
Others: this becomes that in indirect speech.

Converted sentence: Neelu asked me if I had heard that story.

Hence, the chosen option is correct.