Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mahesh said to Priya, "How will you pay off your debts?"

Options

A. Mahesh asked Priya how will she pay off her debts.
B. Mahesh asked Priya that how you will pay off your debts
C. Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts.
D. Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off your debts.

Answer

C

Explanation

Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts.(Correct)
(a) Mahesh asked Priya how `ul("will she pay")` off her debts.(Change of reported speech to simple future is incorrect)
(b) Mahesh asked Priya that `ul("how you will pay off")` your debts(Change of reported speech to simple future is incorrect)
(d) Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off `ul("your")` debts.(Incorrect pronoun used)