Chapter 3: Narration: direct and indirect speech

Objective questions with the board’s key (10)

1. 1. Bihar Board 2026

   Direction ( 70 - 73 ) : Choose the correct option of the following : 70. Indirect speech of : He said, "I play football."

   • (A) He said that he is playing football
   • (B) He says that he is playing football
   • (C) He said that he played football ✓
   • (D) He will say that he played football

   Answer: (C)

2. 2. Bihar Board 2026

   Direct speech of : I asked her why she was sad.

   • (A) I will tell her, "Why have you been sad ?"
   • (B) I said her, "Why are you sad ?" ✓
   • (C) I enquired to her, "Why sad are you ?"
   • (D) I ask her, "Why sad you are ?"

   Answer: (B)

3. 3. Bihar Board 2026

   Indirect speech of : Raman said, "I might meet him."

   • (A) Raman will say that he must meet him
   • (B) Raman had said that he will meet him
   • (C) Raman is saying that he will meet me
   • (D) Raman said that he might meet him ✓

   Answer: (D)

4. 4. Bihar Board 2026

   Direct speech of : She asked me what I was doing there.

   • (A) She said to me, "What are you doing here ?" ✓
   • (B) She will say to me, "What am I doing here ?"
   • (C) She can ask me, "What is I doing here ?"
   • (D) She says to me, "What doing here am I ?"

   Answer: (A)

5. 5. Bihar Board 2026

   Direction (65-69) : Choose the correct option of the following : Indirect speech of : She says, "I am a bit busy today." is

   • (A) She said that she was a bit busy that day.
   • (B) She said she is busy today.
   • (C) She says that she is a bit busy today. ✓
   • (D) She is a bit busy today was said by her.

   Answer: (C)

6. 6. Bihar Board 2026

   Direct speech of : He says that he eats a mango a day. is

   • (A) He can say, "I have to eat a mango a day."
   • (B) He will say, "I am to eat a mango a day."
   • (C) He said, "I will eat a mango a day."
   • (D) He says, "I eat a mango a day." ✓

   Answer: (D)

7. 7. Bihar Board 2026

   Indirect speech of : Radha says, "I want to buy this pen." is

   • (A) Radha says that she wants to buy that pen. ✓
   • (B) Radha is saying that she has to buy that pen.
   • (C) Radha is saying that she is going to buy the pen.
   • (D) Radha said that she had to buy the pen.

   Answer: (A)

8. 8. Bihar Board 2026

   Direct speech of : He said he was going to call Ram. is

   • (A) He said, "I am going to call Ram." ✓
   • (B) He said that, "I am going to call Ram."
   • (C) He said, "I was going to call Ram."
   • (D) He said, "I had called Ram."

   Answer: (A)

9. 9. Bihar Board 2026

   Indirect speech of : I said to him, "You are not working hard." is

   • (A) I told him that he was not working hard. ✓
   • (B) I said to him that he is not working hard.
   • (C) I will say that he was not working hard.
   • (D) I must say that he is not working hard.

   Answer: (A)

10. 10. Bihar Board 2025

    Direct speech of : Hari asked Sheela if she had taught her sister. is

    • (A) Hari said to Sheela, "Did you teach my sister ?"
    • (B) Hari said to Sheela, "Do you teach his sister ?"
    • (C) Hari said to Sheela, "Do you teach my sister ?"
    • (D) Hari said to Sheela, "Have you taught your sister ?" ✓

    Answer: (D)

Questions parents and students ask

How many marks does "Narration: direct and indirect speech" carry in Bihar Board Class 10 English?

In the Bihar Board papers of 2021–2026, this chapter carried about 3 marks and about 6 questions a year; by marks it ranks 10 in English.

Do the answers follow the board’s marking scheme?

BSEB does not publish a marking scheme. Each answer is written point by point on a structure derived from past papers and checked by a second, independent model; it is never called the board’s official scheme.