This post includes CSS past papers solved for 20 Years from 2009 to 2021. All the direct and indirect speech questions from these past papers have been solved in this article. This is from CSS compulsory subjects papers.
Let’s have a look at the solved CSS Past Papers:
Direct and Indirect Questions CSS past papers solved Solved (2009-2021):
2009:
1. He said to him, “Why do you waste your time?”
He asked him why he wasted his time.
2. He ordered his servant not to stand there doing nothing.
He said to his servant, “Do not stand here doing nothing”.
3. He exclaimed with joy that he had won the match.
He said, “Hurrah! I have won the match”.
4. The traveler said, “What a dark night?”
The traveler exclaimed with wonder that it was a dark night.
5. He said, “Let it rain even so hard, I will start today.”
He exclaimed that however hard it might rain; he would start that day.
6. My mother said, “May you live happily and prosper in your life.”
My mother prayed that I might live a happy and prosperous life.
7. He said, “How foolish have I been?”
He exclaimed with sorrow that he had been foolish.
2010: CSS past papers solved
1. On Monday he said, “My son is coming today.”
On Monday he said that his son was coming that day.
2. They wanted to know where he was going the following week.
They said where is he going the following week?
3. He said, “Did she go yesterday?”
He said if she went the previous day.
4. ‘By God’, he said, “I do not know her nickname.”
He swore that I did not know her nickname.
5. He says that we are to meet him at the station.
He says, “We are to meet him at the station”.
6. He said, “I don’t know the way. ask the old man sitting at the gate.”
He said that I did not know the way and further suggested asking the old man sitting at the gate.
7. My father prayed that I would recover from my illness. My father said, “May you recover from illness”.
He said, “How will you manage it?” He enquired how I would manage that.
2011 (A):
1. “I couldn’t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break a window”, he said.
He said that he could not get in the house because he had lost his key so he had to break a window.
2. “Would you like to see over the house or are your more interested in the garden?”
She asked me if I liked to see over the house or if I was more interested in the garden.
3. “Please send whatever you can spare. All contributions will be acknowledged immediately”, said the secretary of the disastrous fund.
The secretary of the disastrous fund requested to send whatever they could spare as all the contributions would be acknowledged immediately.
4. She asked if he’d like to go to the concert and I said I was sure he would.
She said, “Will he go to the concert”? I said, “I am sure he will.”
5. I told her to stop making a fuss about nothing and said that she was lucky to have got a seat at all.
I said to her, “Don’t make a fuss about anything. You are lucky to get a seat at all”.
2011 (B):
6. The teacher said, “You must not forget what I told you last lesson. I shall expect you to be able to repeat it next lesson by heart.”
The teacher said that they must not forget what he had told them in the previous lesson and he would expect them to be able to repeat the following lesson by heart.
7. He asked me if he should leave it in the car.
He said to me, “Should I leave it in the car”?
8. He said, “May I open the window? It’s rather hot in here”.
He asked for permission if he might open the window as it was rather hot in there.
2012:
1. He said to us, “You cannot do this problem alone”.
He told us that we could not do that problem alone.
2. The beggar asked the rich lady if she would not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man and help him with a rupee or two.
The beggar said to the rich lady, “Will you not pity the sufferings of an old and miserable man and help me with a rupee or two?”
3. The commander said to the soldiers, “March on”.
The commander ordered the soldiers to march on.
4. He entreated his master respectfully to pardon him as it was his first fault.
He said to his master, “Please pardon me as it is my fault.”
5. “Do you really come from America? How do you feel in Pakistan?” Said I to the stranger.
I asked the stranger if he really came from America and how he felt in Pakistan.
6. The officer threatened the peon to come in time otherwise he would be turned out.
The officer said to the peon, “Come in time otherwise you will be turned out”.
7. People wished that the Quaid-e-Azam had been alive those days to see their fate.
People said, “Would that the Quaid-i-Azam were alive these days to see our fate!”
8. They said, “Bravo! Imran, what a shot.!
They praised Imran for his shot.
2013:
1. “If I had spoken to my father as you speak to me, he’d have beaten me”, he said to me.
He told me that if he had spoken to his father as I spoke to him, he would have beaten him.
2. “How far is it?” I said, “and how long will it take me to get there?”
I asked how far that was and how long it would take me to get there.
3. “Do you know anybody in this area or could you get a reference from your landlady?”, he asked me. He asked me if I knew anybody in that area or if I could get a reference from my landlady
She told me to look where I was going as the road was full of holes and very badly lit.
4. She said to me, “Beware! The road where you are going is full of holes and badly lit.
He wanted to know if I was going to the concert and suggested that we should make up a party and go together. Are you going to the concert and said we shall make up a party and go together?
5. He said, “I mustn’t mind if the first one wasn’t any good”.
He said that he must not mind if the first one had not been any good.
6. “What a nuisance! Now I’ll have to do it all over again”, he exclaimed.
He exclaimed with disgust that was a nuisance and then he would have to do that all over again.
7. “I must go to the dentist tomorrow”, he said, “I have an appointment”.
He said that he had to go to the dentist the following day as he had an appointment.
2015:
Passage 1:
Just as we came inside of the valley Jamil met us, — “Yes, the valley is all very fine, but do you know there is nothing to eat?” “Nonsense; we can eat anything here.” “Well, the brown bread’s two months old, and there’s nothing else but potatoes.” “There must be milk anyhow.” “Yes, there was milk, he supposed.”
Solution:
Just as we came inside the valley, Jamil met us and said that the valley was all very fine, but asked us if we knew that there was nothing to eat. But we rejected the idea of eating anything there. He told us that the brown bread was two months old and there was nothing else but potatoes. We asked if there was milk anyhow. Jamil replied positively and said that it was available.
Passage 2:
Miss Andleeb said she thought English food was lovely, and that she was preparing a questionnaire to be circulated to the students of the university, with the view to finding out their eating preferences. “But the students won’t fill out a questionnaire,” said Miriam. “Won’t fill up the questionnaire?” cried Miss Andleeb, taken aback. “No”, said Miriam, “they won’t. As a nation, we are not, questionnaire-conscious.”
“Well, that’s too bad”, said Miss Andleeb.
Solution:
Miss Andleeb said that she had thought English food had been lovely and that she had been preparing a questionnaire to be circulated to the students of the university with a view to finding out their eating preferences. But Marium said that the students would not fill up the questionnaire. Miss Andleeb expressed her amazement and confirmed whether the students would really not fill up their questionnaires. Marium replied in the negative that they would not as they were not a questionnaire-conscious nation. Miss Andleeb exclaimed that it was too bad.
2016:
Rewrite the following dialogue, written in indirect speech, in paragraph form.
Helen: Mr. West, what’s happened to John?
Mr. West: He’s left the company.
Helen: Why has he done that?
Mr West: He asked me for a rise but I didn’t give it to him.
Helen: Why didn’t you give him a rise?
Mr. West: Because he was lazy.
Helen: Has he found another job?
Mr. West: Yes, he is working in a film company.
Helen: What is his salary like?
Mr. West: I think he earns quite a lot.
Helen: Does he like the new job?
Mr. West: I don’t know.
Solution:
Helen asked Mr. West what had happened to John, to Which the latter replied that he had left the Company. When she inquired of Mr. West for the reason, he replied that John had asked him for a raise which he declined. When she asked Mr. West the reason for not promoting him, his answer was that John had been lazy. She also asked whether John had found another job. Indeed, John was working in a film company affirmed Mr. West. When she asked Mr. West about his salary, he replied that John might be earning quite a lot. She also asked whether John liked his new job or not to which Mr. West replied in his inability to knowledge.
2018:
Rewrite the following dialogue, written in direct speech, in paragraph form.
Jack: Hello, Swarup! Swatting away as usual. Come out, man; shut up your old books, and come and have a game of tennis.
Swarup: I am sorry I cannot do that, Jack. The examination is drawing near, and I want every hour I can get to study.
Jack: Oh! Hang all examinations! I do not worry about mine. What is the use of them, anyway?
Swarup: Well, you can’t get a degree if you don’t pass the examination; and I have set my heart on being a graduate.
Jack: And pray what good will graduation do you? You may get a clerkship in a government office, but that’s all, and there are hundreds of fellows who have got their degrees and are no nearer getting jobs of any sort.
Swarup: That may be so; but I am not studying so much to pass my exam and obtain my degree, as to store my mind with knowledge and develop my intellectual faculties.
Solution:
Jack greeted Swarup, who was busy in his usual swatting and asked him to shut up his old books and have a game of Tennis. He excused that he could not come as the examination was drawing near and he wanted every hour he could get for study. Jack asked Swarup to hang all examinations, saying that he did not worry about his and asked what was the use of them.
Swarup replied that one could not get a degree if one did not pass the examination and said that he had set his heart on being a graduate. Jack asked Swarup what good graduation would do to him and that he might get a clerkship in a government office and that was all. He further said that there were hundreds of fellows who had got their degrees and were no nearer getting jobs of any sort. Swarup replied that it might be so, but he was not studying so much to pass any examination and obtain his degree; rather he was doing so to store his mind with knowledge and develop his intellectual faculties.
The above are direct and indirect questions from CSS past papers solved.
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