Sample questions
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NDA2025
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech: Charu said to her friend, "I want you to be here at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting."
- A Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting ✓
- B Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
- C Charu requested her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
- D Charu told her friend that she will want her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
✓ Correct answer: (A)
English Language › Grammar & Usage
NDA2025
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech: Nitin said to his brother, "What a beautiful painting it is?"
- A Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was
- B Nitin wondered before his brother that it was a beautiful painting ✓
- C Nitin exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting
- D Nitin asked his brother whether it was beautiful painting
✓ Correct answer: (B)
English Language › Grammar & Usage
NDA2025
Convert from indirect speech to direct speech: The teacher asked her students why they had been quiet in the previous class.
- A The teacher asked her students, "Why were they keeping quiet in the previous class ?"
- B The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in the previous class ?" ✓
- C The teacher said to her students, "Why had you been quiet in the previous class ?"
- D The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in previous class ?"
✓ Correct answer: (B)
English Language › Grammar & Usage
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