Choose the option in which the above sentence has been correctly changed into Indirect Narration.
Lalita said, “Ram, where are you going?”

Correct option is D

The correct indirect narration is (d) Lalita asked Ram where he was going.
Detailed Explanation (English):
• The given sentence is an interrogative sentence, so “said” changes to asked.
• In indirect questions, we do not use question form (no inversion).
Correct pattern: wh-word + subject + verb
• “are you going” (present continuous) changes to was going (past continuous) because the reporting verb is past.
• The comma and quotation marks are removed in indirect speech.
Grammatical Rule Used (English):
• Reporting verb “said” → “asked/enquired” for questions.
• Indirect question word order: wh-word + subject + verb (no “are you/was he” order).
• Tense backshift: Present → Past (when reporting verb is past).
Grammatical Rule Used (Hindi):
• प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य में “said” प्रायः asked में बदलता है।
• Indirect question में प्रश्नवाचक क्रम (inversion) नहीं आता; संरचना होती है: wh-word + subject + verb।
• Reporting verb भूतकाल में होने पर tense बदलता है (are going → was going)।
Example:
Direct: He said, “Where are you going?”
Indirect: He asked where I was going.
Why other options are incorrect:
• (a) Wrong word order “where was he going” (question structure kept).
• (b) “enquired” is incorrectly used without “of” and is less standard here.
• (c) Still keeps wrong word order “where was he going”.