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Direct: He said, 'I have finished my work.' Indirect form is

AHe told that he have finished his work
BHe said that he has finished his work
CHe said that he had finished his work
DHe asked that he had finished his work
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. He said that he had finished his work
1. Present perfect shifts to past perfect: had finished. 2. Pronouns 'I/my' become 'he/his'. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_
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