Q. He said to her, “Are you coming to the party?”
(a) He asked her whether she was coming to the party.
(b) He told her if she was coming to the party.
(c) He asked her if she was coming to the party.
(d) He asked her if she will be coming to the party.
Answer – (c) He asked her if she was coming to the party.
Q. The sage said, “God helps those who help themselves.”
(a) The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
(b) The sage said that God helped those whose helped themselves.
(c) The sage said that God helps those who
helped themselves.
(d) The sage said that God helped those who help themselves.
Answer – (a) The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
Q. “Please don’t go away”, she said.
(a) She said to please her and not go away.
(b) She told me not to go away.
(c) She begged that I not go away.
(d) She begged me not to go away.
Answer – (d) She begged me not to go away.
Q. He said, “I clean my teeth twice a day.
(a) He said that be cleaned his teeth twice a day.
(b) He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
(c) He said that he used to clean his teeth twice a day.
(d) He said that he is used to cleaning his teeth twice a day.
Answer – (b) He said that he cleans his teeth twice a day.
Q. He said to them, “Don’t make a noise.”
(a) He told them that don’t make a noise.
(b) He told them not to make noise.
(c) He told them not to make a noise.
(d) He asked them not to make a noise.
Answer – (d) He asked them not to make a noise.
JENPAS-UG Preparation
Q. The teacher said, “Be quiet, boys.”
(a) The teacher said that they boys should be quiet.
(b) The teacher called the boys and ordered them to be quiet.
(c) The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.
(d) The, teacher commanded the boys that they be quiet.
Answer – (c) The teacher urged the boys to be quiet.
Q. My friend said to me, “Has your father returned from Calcutta?”
(a) My friend said to me that my father has returned from Calcutta.
(b) My friend asked me if my father had retamed from Calcutta.
(c) My friend told me that his father had returned from Calcutta.
(d) My friend enquired me if his father had returned from Calcutta.
Answer – (b) My friend asked me if my father had retamed from Calcutta.
Q. He said, “Where shall I be this time next year!”
(a) He asked that where should he be that time next year.
(b) He wondered where he should be that time the next year.
(c) He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
(d) He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
Answer – (d) He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
Q. Rajesh said, “I bought a car yesterday.”
(a) Rajesh said that I have bought a car the previous day.
(b) Rajesh told that he had bought a car yesterday.
(c) Rajesh said that he bought a car the previous day.
(d) Rajesh said that he had bought a car the previous day.
Answer – (d) Rajesh said that he had bought a car the previous day.
Q. The employer said to the workman, “I cannot pay you higher wages.”
(a) The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
(b) The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
(c) The employer forbade the workman to pay higher wages.
(d) The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.
Answer – (b) The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
Mock Test for JENPAS-UG
Q. My cousin said, “My room-mate snored throughout the night.”
(a) My cousin said that her room-mate had snored throughout the night.
(b) My cousin told me that her room-mate snored throughout the night.
(c) My cousin complained to me that her room- mate is snoring throughout the night.
(d) My cousin felt that her room-mate may be snoring throughout the night.
Answer – (a) My cousin said that her room-mate had snored throughout the night.
Q. He asked his teacher, “Need I read this chapter?”
(a) He asked his teacher whether there was a need to read that chapter.
(b) He asked his teacher whether he needed to read this chapter.
(c) He asked his teacher if it was necessary to read this chapter.
(d) He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.
Answer – (d) He asked his teacher if he had to read that chapter.
Q. He said, “What a beautiful scene !”
(a) He said that what a beautiful scene it was.
(b) He wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
(c) He exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
(d) He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.
Answer – (d) He exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.
Q. He said, “I saw a book here.”
(a) He said that he saw a book here.
(b) He said that he saw a book there.
(c) He said that he had seen a book here.
(d) He said that he had seen a book there.
Answer – (d) He said that he had seen a book there.
Q. Choose the correct indirect statement. He said, “grass is green.”
(a) He told that grass is green
(b) He told that grass was green.
(c) He told that grass had been green.
(d) He told that grass will always be green.
Answer – (a) He told that grass is green.
Suggestion Question Answer for JENPAS-UG
Q. Out of the alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the sentence in indirect speech. Virat said, “Ravi arrived on Monday”
(a) Virat said that Ravi will arrive on Monday.
(b) Virat says that Ravi is arriving on Monday.
(c) Virat said that Ravi arrives on Monday.
(d) Virat said that Ravi had arrived on Monday.
Answer – (d) Virat said that Ravi had arrived on Monday.
Q. Out of the alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the sentence in indirect speech. The girl said, “I am very busy now”
(a) The girl said that she was very busy then.
(b) The girl said that she is very busy now.
(c) The girl told she is busy then.
(d) The girl is busy now.
Answer – (a) The girl said that she was very busy then.
Q. Out of the alternative suggested, select the one which best expresses the sentence in indirect speech. He asked me, “What are you doing?”
(a) He asked me what I am doing.
(b) He asked me what I was doing.
(c) He asked about my activities.
(d) He asked me what I did.
Answer – (b) He asked me what I was doing.
Q. Choose from the following the correct in- direct from of the sentence given : He said to me, ‘I have never seen such a brilliant boy in my life.’
(a) That I have never seen such a brilliant boy in my life, he said to me.
(b) Such a brilliant boy was never seen in my life, he told me.
(c) The boy was so brilliant that he had never seen the like of him.
(d) he told me that he had never seen such as brilliant boy in his life.
Answer – (d) he told me that he had never seen such as brilliant boy in his life.