SSC Stenographer 2022 PYQ — Question 38

SSC Stenographer - 17 Nov 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q38

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

Mukesh said to me, “You are wrong”.

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Mukesh told me that I was wrong.

In Indirect speech: We report the content of another's words without directly quoting it. Since you are repeating something said in the past, it has to be in simple past tense. While reporting in indirect speech, 'are' becomes 'was'. (past tense)

So the sentence becomes: Mukesh told me that I was wrong.

Hence, Mukesh told me that I was wrong is the correct answer.