SSC CHSL 2025 PYQ — Question 22

SSC CHSL - 19 Nov 2025 - Shift 2 • English • Q22

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct voice.

She asked him if he had been to the new cafe that had opened the previous week, and whether he thought it was better than the one they had been going to for months.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

better than the one we have been going to for months?' she asked him.

The original sentence is in indirect speech, and converting it to direct speech requires reversing the changes in tense and pronouns.

'She asked him if he had been to the new cafe that had opened the previous week' reverses from past perfect ('had been') and 'previous week' to present perfect ('Have you been') and 'last week'.

'and whether he thought it was better than the one they had been going to for months' reverses from past tense ('thought,' 'was') and 'they had been going' to present tense ('do you think it is') and 'we have been going'.

Option B correctly applies these changes.