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Change the direct narration into indirect narration.
Jyoti said, "I went to India to visit my family."

A
Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family.
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B
Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.
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C
Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family.
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D
Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family.
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Solution

The correct option is B Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.
As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple past tense, we will change it to past perfect tense in the indirect speech.
Option A - 'Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family' is in the simple past tense. Thus option A is incorrect.
Option C - 'Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family' is incorrect as 'is going' represents present continuous tense. Thus option C is incorrect.
Option D - 'Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family' is incorrect as 'was going' is used to represent the sentence in the past continuous tense. Thus option D is incorrect.
Option B - 'Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family' can be used her has 'had gone' is used to represent the sentence in the past perfect tense. Thus option B is the correct answer.
'Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.'

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