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He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

He said that Honesty is the best policy.
He said that Honesty was the best policy.
He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

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1. He remarked, "Two and two makes four."

He remarked that two and two would make four.
He remarked that two and two made four.
He remarked that two and two makes four.
He advised that two and two makes four.

Answer: Option C

2. She said, "You were missing from the picnic".

She told me that I had been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I has been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I were missing from the picnic.
She told me that I had been missed from the picnic.

Answer: Option A

3. You said to her, "She has to cook food for you".

You told her that she has to cook food for you.
You told her that she had to cook food for you.
You told her that she needs to cook food for you.
You told her that she would have to cook food for you.

Answer: Option B

4. Mr. Bajaj said, "How foolish of me!"

Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he had been very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he is very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with sorrow that he was very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he was very foolish.

Answer: Option D

5. Find Error :
I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

will speak to itself
speaks for itself
has been speaking
speaks about itself

Answer: Option B

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