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निम्नलिखित वाक्य में प्रयुक्त 'Direct Speech' को 'Indirect Speech' में बदलने पर सबसे सही विकल्प कौन सा होगा? वाक्य: "He said to her, 'What a wonderful painting you have made!'"
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इस वाक्य में दिया गया डायरेक्ट स्पीच एक 'Exclamatory Sentence' (विस्मयादिबोधक वाक्य) है जो 'What' से शुरू होकर आश्चर्य (wonder/applause) व्यक्त करता है। नियम के अनुसार, ऐसे वाक्यों को इनडायरेक्ट स्पीच में बदलते समय 'said to' को 'exclaimed with wonder/joy' में बदला जाता है, कॉमा (,) की जगह 'that' का प्रयोग होता है, और वाक्य को Assertive वाक्य में बदलकर Tense को तदनुसार (Present Perfect 'have made' को Past Perfect 'had made' में) परिवर्तित किया जाता है। अतः विकल्प (a) सबसे सही उत्तर है।
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