SSC CPO 2023 PYQ — Question 52

SSC CPO Tier II - 2 May 2023 - Shift 2 • English • Q52

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

“Where is your office?” Anita said to me.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Anita enquired where my office was.

Option 2 is correct because:

As the reporting verb is in past tense, Simple present tense (is) changes to simple past tense (was).

Since it is an interrogative sentence, the Reported verb is made assertive; i.e. it is kept in the order of subject + verb.

The correct sentence will be: Anita enquired where my office was.