Direct and Indirect Speech

DIRECTIONS : In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech.
25. Rajan said, "O that I were a child again!"
  A.  Rajan exclaimed with wonder that he was a child again.
  B.  Rajan strongly wished that he had been a child again.
  C.  Rajan prayed that he were a child again.
  D.  Rajan wondered that were he a child again.
26. The employer said to the workman, "I cannot pay you higher wages."
  A.  The employer told the workman that he could not be paid higher wages.
  B.  The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.
  C.  The employer told the workman that he could not pay him higher wages.
  D.  The employer warned the workman that he cannot pay him higher wages.

27. He said to me, "Where is the post office?"
  A.  He wanted to know where the post office was.
  B.  He asked me that where the post office was.
  C.  He asked me where the post office was.
  D.  He asked me where was the post office.
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28. The sage said, "God helps those who help themselves."
  A.  The sage said that God helps those who help themselves.
  B.  The sage said God helped those whose helped themselves.
  C.  The sage said that God helps those who helped themselves.
  D.  The sage said that God helped those who help themselves.
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