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Avneesh said, "Sanchit, what are you doing in the garden at this time?"
(Identify and rewrite the correct 'indirect narration' from the following options.)
Options
Avneesh asked Sanchit what he was doing in the garden at that time.
Avneesh wanted to know from Sanchit his cause of being there in the garden.
Avneesh asked Sanchit whether he was present in the garden at that time.
Avneesh asked Sanchit whether he was doing in the garden at that time.
Solution
Avneesh asked Sanchit what he was doing in the garden at that time.
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