2018 · Q115
In the following items, each sentence is given in Direct Speech followed by four options in Indirect Speech. Select the option that most appropriately expresses the sentence in Indirect Speech and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The preacher said to the crowd, “The Sun rises everyday for all of us without any expectations in return.”
EnglishNarration
- AThe preacher told the crowd that the Sun rose everyday for all of them without any expectations in return
- BThe preacher told the crowd that the Sun rises everyday for all of us without any expectations in return
- CThe preacher told the crowd that the Sun has risen everyday for all of them without any expectations in return
- DThe preacher told the crowd that the Sun rises everyday for all of them without any expectations in return
Explanation
‘The Sun rises everyday’ is a universal truth, so its tense does not change in indirect speech. ‘Us’ becomes ‘them’ for the crowd. Options changing ‘rises’ to ‘rose’ or ‘has risen’ are wrong. Hence option (d) is correct.