SBI Clerk Prelims practice question
Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence. Roshni said to Rakesh, "Time and tide waits for none."
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Correct answer: (B) Roshni told Rakesh that time and tide waits for none
Roshni told Rakesh that time and tide waits for none. (Correct) “Time and tide waits for none” is a proverb, which means that people cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore should not delay doing things. When the reported speech is a general truth or a proverb, its tense does not change. Hence, option (b) gives the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
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