Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence.
He said, "Where are you going at this time of the day?"

Correct option is B

The correct indirect/ direct speech is (b).
Rules & Explanation:
· Reported question (WH-type): keep the WH-word (“where”) and change question order to statement order (Subject + Verb), so “where I was going” (not where was I going).
· Backshift of tense because reporting verb “said/asked” is in past: are going → was going.
· Change of deictic words: “this time” → “that time” in indirect speech.
· Reporting verb: “said” + question ⇒ change to asked.
· Pronoun change: “you” relative to understood listener becomes I/me.
· Why others are incorrect:
· (a) keeps “this time” (should be that time).
· (c) word order wrong ( was I going) and keeps this time.
· (d) word order wrong ( was I going).
· Key Conversions Recap:
· Direct: He said, “Where are you going at this time of the day?”
· Indirect: He asked me where I was going at that time of the day.