Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Bhola said to his friend, “How can I make this charcoal white?”

Options

A. Bhola asked his friend how he could make that charcoal white.
B. Bhola told his friend how he could make that charcoal white.
C. Bhola asked his friend how can I make this charcoal white.
D. Bhola asked his friend how could he make that charcoal white.

Answer

A

Explanation

Bhola asked his friend how he could make that charcoal white. (Correct)
(b) Bhola `ul("told")` his friend how he could make that charcoal white. ( Incorrect Reported Verb)
(c ) Bhola asked his friend how `ul("can I make")` this charcoal white. (Incorrect Tense)
(d) Bhola asked his friend how `ul("could he ")`make that charcoal white. (Subject should be followed by the Verb)