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Direct and Indirect Speech — CDS English PYQs

16 questions from this chapter, asked in 2 CDS exams between 2018–2020.

16questions

2CDS exams

2018–2020years covered

Questions asked per year

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Practice questions first 10 of 16 — free

Q1MCQ2020

Answer Logic

Rahul said to his teacher, "Madam, what is the way to solve the question?"

(A)Rahul asked his teacher what the way to solve the question was.

(B)Rahul told his teacher what was the way to solve the question.

(C)Rahul asked to his teacher what the way was to solve the question.

(D)Rahul told his teacher what the way was to solve the question.

Q2MCQ2020

Answer Logic

He said to his friend, "Could you please close the door?"

(A)He requested his friend to close the door.

(B)He requested his friend to please close the door.

(C)He ordered his friend to close the door.

(D)He wanted his friend to close the door for him.

Q3MCQ2020

Answer Logic

Raj said to Sheela, "The Sun rises in the east."

(A)Raj told Sheela that the Sun rose in the east.

(B)Raj told Sheela that the Sun rises in the east.

(C)Raj asked Sheela that the Sun rises in the east.

(D)Raj said to Sheela that the Sun has arisen in the east.

Q4MCQ2020

Answer Logic

Navanitha said to her friends, "What a scintillating beauty it is!"

(A)Navanitha told to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty.

(B)Navanitha exclaimed to her friends what a scintillating beauty it was.

(C)Navanitha asked her friends whether it was a scintillating beauty.

(D)Navanitha exclaimed to her friends that it was a scintillating beauty.

Q5MCQ2020

Answer Logic

The Captain said to the soldiers, "March forward and aim at the peak of the hill today."

(A)The Captain requested the soldiers to march forward and aim at the peak of the hill that day.

(B)The Captain ordered the soldiers to march forward and aim at the peak of the hill today.

(C)The Captain ordered the soldiers to march forward and aim at the peak of the hill that day.

(D)The Captain told the soldiers that they should march forward and aim at the peak of the hill that day.

Q6MCQ2020

Answer Logic

"Where were you last evening?" said the lady to her maid.

(A)The lady asked her maid where she had been the previous evening.

(B)The lady asked her maid where she had been in the last evening.

(C)The lady asked her maid where had she been the evening before.

(D)The lady told her maid where she had been to the last evening.

Q7MCQ2020

Answer Logic

"Those who sowed the seeds last season will reap the harvest this season," said the leader to her followers.

(A)The leader said to her followers that those who have sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest that season.

(B)The leader addressed her followers that those who had sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest this season.

(C)The leader addressed her followers that those who had sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest that season.

(D)The leader advised her followers that those who sow the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest this season.

Q8MCQ2020

Answer Logic

He said to his manager, "Could you please pass the bill this week?"

(A)He told his manager that bill to be passed.

(B)He requested his manager to pass the bill that week.

(C)He ordered his manager to pass the bill that week.

(D)He requested his manager to pass the bill this week.

Q9MCQ2020

Answer Logic

The village chief said to the villagers, "All of us need to adopt new regulations. We will protect our Earth forever."

(A)The village chief ordered the villagers that all of them needed to adopt new regulations and they would protect their Earth forever.

(B)The village chief told the villagers that all of them need to adopt new regulations and they will protect their Earth forever.

(C)The village chief wanted the villagers needed to adopt new regulations and they would protect their Earth forever.

(D)The village chief told the villagers that all of them needed to adopt new regulations and they would protect their Earth forever.

Q10MCQ2020

Answer Logic

The grandfather said to the baby, "May you live long with all good things of life."

(A)The grandfather blessed to the baby with long life and all good things of life.

(B)The grandfather asked the baby that she would live long with all good things of life.

(C)The grandfather wanted the baby to live long with all good things of life.

(D)The grandfather blessed the baby that she would live long with all good things of life.

Why practise Direct and Indirect Speech PYQs?

Direct and Indirect Speech has appeared in 2 CDS English exams we track between 2018–2020. UPSC examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

Direct and Indirect Speech — CDS English PYQs

Questions asked per year

Practice questions first 10 of 16 — free

Why practise Direct and Indirect Speech PYQs?

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