Direct and Indirect Speech
In the question below a sentence have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. The sage said, "God helps those who help themselves."

The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
The sage said that God helped those who help themselves.
The sage said that God helped those whose helped themselves.
The sage said that God helps those who helped themselves.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"It's not my business," said the postman. "Let the government do whatever it has to."

The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
The postman said that it was the government's and not his business to do that.
The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
Ram asked me, "How much have you paid for this umbrella?"

Ram asked me how much 1 have paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me whether how much I had paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me how much I had paid for that umbrella.
Ram asked me how much he had paid for that umbrella.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
"I was digging the garden when the doctor arrived," replied Harry.

Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrive.
Harry says that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
Harry said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived.
Harry said that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived.

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Direct and Indirect Speech
I said to my brother, "Let us go to some hill station for a change."

I suggested my brother that we should go to some hill station for a change.
I asked my brother if he would go to some hill station for a change.
I permitted my brother to go to some hill station for a change.
I asked my brother to go to some hill station for a change.

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