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Direct: She said, 'May God bless you!' Indirect form is
AShe said God will bless you today again
BShe prayed that God might bless me
CShe told everyone that God had blessed me
DShe asked God to bless me with prosperity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. She prayed that God might bless me
1. Optative sentences use 'prayed/wished'.
2. 'May' becomes 'might'; pronouns adjust.
3. Hence option A.
_Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Optative sentence rules_
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