General English Narration Jkssb Mcqs (358 MCQs) | JKSSB & SSC Quiz

General English

Narration jkssb mcqs

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Question 191 Discuss

She asked me, 'Did you finish the assignment?'

A
She asked me if I finished the assignment.
B
She asked me if I had finished the assignment.
C
She asked me whether I have finished the assignment.
D
She asked me that if I had finished the assignment.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Past simple question changes to past perfect assertive.
Question 192 Discuss

He asked her, 'Will you help me?'

A
He asked her if she would help him.
B
He asked her if she will help him.
C
He asked her whether she would have helped him.
D
He asked her if would she help him.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Will' changes to 'would' in reported speech.
Question 193 Discuss

The tourist asked, 'Where is the museum?'

A
The tourist asked where the museum was.
B
The tourist asked where was the museum.
C
The tourist asked where is the museum.
D
The tourist asked that where the museum was.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Wh- questions become assertive. The verb 'was' comes after the subject 'the museum'.
Question 194 Discuss

She asked me, 'Why are you crying?'

A
She asked me why I was crying.
B
She asked me why was I crying.
C
She asked me why am I crying.
D
She asked me that why I was crying.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Wh- word serves as conjunction. Clause order becomes subject + verb.
Question 195 Discuss

He asked, 'When will the bus arrive?'

A
He asked when the bus would arrive.
B
He asked when would the bus arrive.
C
He asked when will the bus arrive.
D
He asked that when the bus would arrive.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Will' changes to 'would' and follows the subject 'the bus'.
Question 196 Discuss

The police asked him, 'How did you enter the house?'

A
The police asked him how he had entered the house.
B
The police asked him how did he enter the house.
C
The police asked him how he entered the house.
D
The police asked him how had he entered the house.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Past simple changes to past perfect ('had entered').
Question 197 Discuss

She asked, 'Whose pen is this?'

A
She asked whose pen that was.
B
She asked whose pen was that.
C
She asked whose pen is this.
D
She asked whose pen this was.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'This' changes to 'that'. Verb moves to the end in assertive structure.
Question 198 Discuss

He said to her, 'Open the window.'

A
He ordered her to open the window.
B
He asked her open the window.
C
He ordered her open the window.
D
He requested her opening the window.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Imperatives use a reporting verb like 'ordered' followed by a 'to' infinitive.
Question 199 Discuss

The doctor said to him, 'Do not eat spicy food.'

A
The doctor advised him not to eat spicy food.
B
The doctor advised him to not eat spicy food.
C
The doctor forbade him not to eat spicy food.
D
The doctor advised him do not eat spicy food.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Negative imperatives use 'not to' before the base verb.
Question 200 Discuss

The captain said to the team, 'Play well.'

A
The captain advised the team to play well.
B
The captain ordered the team to play well.
C
The captain asked the team play well.
D
The captain advised the team play well.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

'Advised' is appropriate. Use 'to' before the verb.