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Direction: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

  1. The Prime Minister said at a meeting, “There is no need of a working President for the party now.”
    1. The Prime Minister told a meeting that there was no need of a working President for the party now.
    2. The Prime Minister said at a meeting that there was no need of a working President for the party then.
    3. The Prime Minister told a meeting that there was no need of a working President then.
    4. The Prime Minister addressed a meeting that there was no need of a working President
      for the party then.
Correct Option: B

The Prime Minister said at a meeting that there was no need of a working President then. (Indirect)
that ⇒ Conj.
is (S. Pre.) ⇒ was (S. Past)
now ⇒ then



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