Read the dialogue between Amit and his sister Ananya, regarding her travel to the railway station.
Amit : Are you sure you can manage to go to the railway station on your own ?
Ananya : Oh yes! I have already booked a cab.
Select the correct option to report the above dialogue.
Amit asked Ananya ______________ to go to the railway station on her own. Ananya replied in the affirmative and said that she had already booked a cab.
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Model Answer
The correct option is (B) if she was sure she could manage.
Amit asked Ananya if she was sure she could manage to go to the railway station on her own.
Explanation
In reported speech, present tense ("is", "can") shifts to past tense ("was", "could"). Option B correctly applies this backshift. Option A keeps present tense (wrong), C uses "surely" (wrong adverb form), and D uses "to managing" (grammatically incorrect).