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Direct: He said, 'I do not know the answer.' Indirect form is

AHe said that he did not know the answer
BHe said that he does not know the answer
CHe told that he do not know the answer
DHe asked that he did not know the answer
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. He said that he did not know the answer
1. Pronoun 'I' becomes 'he'. 2. Verb 'do not know' shifts to past 'did not know'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_
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