Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Nakul asked her, "How do you know that Rahul has told it to him?" (a) Nakul asked her that how she has known that Rahul has told that to him. (b) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul had told that to him. (c) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul has told that to him. (d) Nakul asked her that how she knows that Rahul had told that to him.

Options

A. Nakul asked her that how she has known that Rahul has told that to him.
B. Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul had told that to him.
C. Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul has told that to him.
D. Nakul asked her that how she knows that Rahul had told that to him.

Answer

B

Explanation

Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul had told that to him.(Correct)
(a) Nakul asked her that how she `ul("has known")` that Rahul has told that to him.( No need to use ‘that’ and also present perfect tense is used)
(c ) Nakul asked her how she knew that Rahul `ul("has told")` that to him.(Present perfect tense is used which is incorrect.)
(d) Nakul asked her `ul("that")` how she knows that Rahul had told that to him.( No need to use ‘that’)