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Direct: She said to him, 'Can you help me?' Indirect form is

AShe told him to help her with the homework
BShe said him whether he can help me here
CShe asked him if he could help her
DShe ordered him to help her without a delay
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. She asked him if he could help her
1. Yes/no question -> 'asked + if/whether + clause'. 2. 'can' becomes 'could'; pronouns adjust. 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Interrogative sentence rules_
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