Q5NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
The teacher said, "The earth goes round the sun."
Solution
Universal truths keep the present tense.
Answer: (D) The teacher said that the earth goes round the sun.
Q6NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
He said, "What a beautiful garden!"
Solution
An exclamation becomes 'exclaimed that' + a statement.
Answer: (A) He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful garden.
Q7NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
She said, "Please help me."
Solution
A polite request uses 'requested' + to-infinitive.
Answer: (C) She requested me to help her.
Q8NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
The coach said, "Let us practise harder."
Solution
'Let us' expressing a proposal becomes 'suggested/proposed that … should'.
Answer: (C) The coach suggested that they should practise harder.
Q9NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
Anil said, "Are you coming with us?"
Solution
A yes/no question uses 'if' or 'whether' and statement order.
Answer: (A) Anil asked whether I was coming with them.
Q10NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
Priya said, "I met him yesterday."
Solution
Simple past becomes past perfect; 'yesterday' becomes 'the previous day'.
Answer: (C) Priya said that she had met him the previous day.
Q11NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
He said, "I am tired."
Solution
Present tense shifts to past; 'I' becomes 'he'.
Answer: (A) He said that he was tired.
Q12NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
He said to us, "Do not make a noise."
Solution
A negative order becomes 'told + object + not to'.
Answer: (A) He told us not to make a noise.
Q13NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
He said, "I have finished my work."
Solution
Present perfect becomes past perfect; pronouns change.
Answer: (B) He said that he had finished his work.
Q14NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
The boy said, "I can swim."
Solution
'Can' becomes 'could'.
Answer: (B) The boy said that he could swim.
Q15NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
The officer said, "Why are you late?"
Solution
A wh-question keeps the wh-word and uses statement order.
Answer: (D) The officer asked why I was late.
Q16NPAT / SET levelMCQVerbal · Direct and Indirect Speech
Choose the correct indirect (reported) form of:
She said to me, "Where do you live?"
Solution
A question becomes 'asked' + statement order; tense shifts back.
Answer: (C) She asked me where I lived.
These are original practice questions written by Target Campus in the pattern, syllabus and difficulty of IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak, JIPMAT, NPAT and SET. They are not previous-year papers.
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