During a company review, the manager said, "You completed the project on time," but the HR report later stated this as: The manager mentioned that the project had been completed on time. Which aspect of indirect speech is handled incorrectly in the HR report?
Answer और ExplanationAnswer and explanation
Answer: (D) The time expression is inappropriately changed
Disputed question (विवादित प्रश्न).
Concept (Indirect speech में Pronoun Reference): मूल कथन है 'You completed the project on time.' Indirect speech में 'completed' (Simple Past) बदलकर 'had completed' होता है, यह Tense shift सही है। 'On time' कोई time expression नहीं है जिसे बदलना पड़े (जैसे yesterday, today, now), और रिपोर्ट में वह वैसा ही रखा गया है; अतः समय-अभिव्यक्ति वाला चौथा विकल्प यहाँ लागू नहीं होता।
वास्तविक त्रुटि यह है कि HR report में 'You' (जिसने काम पूरा किया) का उल्लेख ही हटा दिया गया है और वाक्य को Passive (कर्मवाच्य) बनाकर 'the project had been completed' लिखा गया है। Indirect speech में 'You' को श्रोता के अनुसार (जैसे 'he/she/I/they') बदलना चाहिए था; इसलिए Pronoun reference की समस्या सबसे उपयुक्त उत्तर है।
DSSSB key (d) में time expression बदलने की बात कही गई है, परंतु यहाँ ऐसा कोई बदलाव है ही नहीं; इसलिए यह प्रश्न संदिग्ध है और हमारे अनुसार सबसे उपयुक्त उत्तर (c) है।
Exam trap: 'on time' को time expression मानकर उसे बदलने का भ्रम।
Disputed question.
Concept (Pronoun Reference in Indirect Speech): The original statement is 'You completed the project on time.' In indirect speech, 'completed' (simple past) becomes 'had completed', and this tense shift is correct. 'On time' is not a time expression that needs changing (such as yesterday, today or now), and it is kept as it is in the report. So the fourth option, about a time expression, does not apply here.
The real flaw is that the HR report removes the 'you' (the person who completed the project) and makes the sentence passive as 'the project had been completed'. In indirect speech, 'you' should have changed according to the listener (for example, to 'he', 'she', 'I' or 'they'). So the pronoun reference problem is the most suitable answer.
The DSSSB key is (d), which refers to a change in a time expression, but no such change exists here. So the question is doubtful, and the most suitable answer in our view is (c).
Exam trap: treating 'on time' as a time expression that must be changed.
Source: DSSSB ASO 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 · Shift II। Solution: Prashant Sir, Ramban।Source: DSSSB ASO 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 · Shift II. Solution by Prashant Sir, from Ramban.