Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mrs. Gupta said to me, “Why are these boys standing in the sun?”

Options

A. The shopkeeper asked me where my car was.
B. Mrs. Gupta asked me why those boys were standing in the sun.
C. Mrs. Gupta said to me that why are these boys standing in the sun.
D. Mrs. Gupta asked me why were these boys standing in the sun.

Answer

A

Explanation

Mrs. Gupta asked me why those boys were standing in the sun.(Correct)
(a) The shopkeeper asked me `ul("where my car was.")` (Incorrect tense and pronoun in reported speech)
(c ) Mrs. Gupta `ul("said to")` me that `ul("why are these boys standing in the sun.")` (Incorrect tense in reported verb and also in reported speech)
(d) Mrs. Gupta asked me `ul("why were these boys standing in the sun.")` (Incorrect structure in reported speech)