Question

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain __________[1][21]. The rain answered that ________[2][22]. The poet again asked it __________[3][23]. The rain replied that ________[4][24]. It further told that _________[5][25].

Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [5] with the most appropriate option.

• A. It also wanted to give life to unborn seeds
• B. It also wants to give life to unborn seeds
• C. I also want to give life to unborn seeds
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

It also wanted to give life to unborn seeds

Rain: "I also want to give life to unborn seeds."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple present tense, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech.

Option B - 'It also wants to give life to unborn seeds' is in the simple present tense. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option C - 'I also want to give life to unborn seeds' is the direct speech and can't be used in the indirect speech. Thus option C is incorrect.

Option A - 'It also wanted to give life unborn seeds' can be used here as 'I' is changed to 'it' according to the subject 'rain'. And, the sentence is formed in the simple past tense in the indirect speech. Thus option A is the correct answer.

Option D - Option D is incorrect as option A is the correct answer.

'It further told that it also wanted to give life unborn seeds.'