One Should have a very good hold on Direct and Indirect speech because this topic is asked directly in competitive exams and if not asked directly, it is asked in spotting errors section. There are slight changes in the given options so one should analyze the given options meticulously. 

1. Shivam said to me, “I want to make a successful career in Indian Armed Forces.”

a) Shivam has told me that he wanted to make a successful career in Indian Armed Forces.

b) Shivam told me that he wanted to make a successful career in Indian Armed Forces.

c) Shivam had told me that he wanted to make a successful career in Indian Armed Forces.

d) Shivam told to me that he wanted to make a successful career in Indian Armed Forces.  

2. Raghav says to us, “I will resolve these issues instantly with my frolic suggestions.”

a) Raghav tells us that he would resolve these issues instantly with his frolic suggestions.

b) Raghav tells us that he would resolve those issues instantly with his frolic suggestions.

c) Raghav tells us that he will resolve these issues instantly with his frolic suggestions.

d) Raghav tells us that he would resolved these issues instantly with his frolic suggestions.

3. Shivani said to her father, “I am ameliorating my performance day by day with my perseverance and goal orientation.”

a) Shivani told her father that he was ameliorating her performance day by day with his perseverance and goal orientation.

b) Shivani told her father that he is ameliorating her performance day by day with his perseverance and goal orientation.

c) Shivani told her father if he was ameliorating her performance day by day with his perseverance and goal orientation.

d) Shivani told her father that he was being ameliorating her performance day by day with his perseverance and goal orientation.

4. Yajuvendra says to Akriti, “We have organized this fest with the alacrity of our team mates and we have enjoyed ourselves a lot.”

a) Yajuvendra tells to Akriti that they have organized this fest with the alacrity of their team mates and they have enjoyed themselves a lot.

b) Yajuvendra tells Akriti that they have organized this fest with the alacrity of their team mates and they have enjoyed themselves a lot.

c) Yajuvendra tells Akriti that they had organized this fest with the alacrity of their team mates and they have enjoyed themselves a lot.

d) Yajuvendra tells Akriti that they have organized this fest with the alacrity of their team mates and they had enjoyed themselves a lot.

5. Yogita will say to her team members, “We have achieved this transcendent level of success in the last match with everyone’s vigilant participation.”

a) Yogita will tell her team members that they have achieve this transcendent level of success in the last match with everyone’s vigilant participation.

b) Yogita will tell her team members that they have achieved this transcendent level of success in the last match with everyone’s vigilant participation.

c) Yogita will tell her team members that they had achieved this transcendent level of success in the last match with everyone’s vigilant participation.

d) Yogita would tell her team members that they have achieved this transcendent level of success in the last match with everyone’s vigilant participation.

6. Garima has said to her seniors, “I have instructed you all to provide aegis to one another time to time.”

a) Garima has said to her seniors that she has instructed them all to provide aegis to one another time to time.

b) Garima has said to her seniors that she will have instructed them all to provide aegis to one another time to time.

c) Garima has said to her seniors that she had instructed them all to provide aegis to one another time to time.

d) Garima has told her seniors that she has instructed them all to provide aegis to one another time to time.  

7. They said to their class mates, “Honesty gives us a strong base to face any kind of challenge with our audacity and alacrity.”

a) They told their class mates that honesty gives us a strong base to face any kind of challenge with our audacity and alacrity.

b) They told to their class mates that honesty gives us a strong base to face any kind of challenge with our audacity and alacrity.

c) They told their class mates that honesty gave us a strong base to face any kind of challenge with our audacity and alacrity.

d) They told their class mates that honesty would give us a strong base to face any kind of challenge with our audacity and alacrity.

8. Karuna said to us, “Feelings of a person are the most sensitive and precious things of his life which he has been bestowed with.”

a) Karuna told us that Feelings of a person were the most sensitive and precious things of his life which he has been bestowed with.

b) Karuna told us that Feelings of a person are being the most sensitive and precious things of his life which he has been bestowed with.

c) Karuna told us that Feelings of a person are the most sensitive and precious things of his life which he has been bestowed with.

d) Karuna told to us that Feelings of a person are the most sensitive and precious things of his life which he has been bestowed with.

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Correct Answers with Explanation - Direct and Indirect Exercise 

1. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in past indefinite so it should be changed into told. Other cases of conversion are wrong.

2. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in present so tense will not be changed in the reported speech.   

3. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in past so the helping verb of reported speech should be changed to past continuous i.e. was.

4. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: The reporting verb in the given sentence is in present so the tense of reported speech will not be changed.

5. Correct Answer: b)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in future so the tense of reported speech will not be changed.

6. Correct Answer: d)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in present perfect so the tense of reported speech will not be changed.

7. Correct Answer: a)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in past but the reported speech is a universal fact so there should be no change in it. it will be added as it is after the conjunction.

8. Correct Answer: c)

Explanation: The reporting verb of the given sentence is in past but the reported speech presents a universal fact so it will be added in as it is manner.  

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