Question

In the questions below, the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The little girl said to her mother, "Did the sun rise in the East?"

• A. The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East.
• B. The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.
• C. The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East.
• D. The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East.

Hint:

When converting questions from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech, remember to change the word order and adjust the verb tense appropriately.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Converting a yes/no question into indirect speech needs three changes together: "said to" becomes "asked," the question is joined with "if," and the verb moves one tense back.
Option (A) drops the question form entirely, treating it as a plain statement with "that" instead of "if."
Option (C) keeps "said to" instead of switching to "asked," and also leaves the verb in the present tense.
Option (D) uses "asked... if" correctly but changes the verb to "is," losing both the original meaning and the tense shift.
Only "The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East" gets all three changes right together.
So the correct answer is The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.

Answer 2

Scoring each option against the three specific rules for reporting a yes/no question, correct reporting verb, correct connector, and correct tense, shows clearly which one alone satisfies every rule.

1. The little girl said to her mother that the sun rose in the East: Passes the tense-shift rule but fails the reporting-verb rule ("said to" instead of "asked") and the connector rule ("that" instead of "if").
2. The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East: Passes all three rules together, the reporting verb is "asked," the connector is "if," and the tense has shifted from "did rise" to "rose."
3. The little girl said to her mother if the sun rises in the East: Passes the connector rule but fails the reporting-verb rule and the tense-shift rule, since "rises" stays in the present.
4. The little girl asked her mother if the sun is in the East: Passes the reporting-verb and connector rules but fails the tense rule and also changes the underlying verb from "rise" to "is," altering the meaning.

Checking every option against all three conversion rules at once leaves only one that satisfies them completely.

Therefore, the correct answer is The little girl asked her mother if the sun rose in the East.