Choose the indirect speech of the given sentence.

Vihaan said to me, “What is your name?”

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Vihaan asked me what's my name.

Vihaan asked me what my name is.

Vihaan asked me if my name was.

Vihaan asked me what my name was.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: Indirect speech plays an important role in the English language. Whenever the first person says something to the second person that some third person already said, it is referred to as indirect speech.
In option ‘1’, ‘said to’ is modified to ‘asked’ within the correct indirect speech. But within the second part of the sentence, the sequence of the subject-verb-object format isn't changed. It's the same as indirect speech. Therefore, option 1 is wrong.
In option 2, the primary part of the sentence is correct, where ‘said to’ is modified to ‘asked’ in indirect speech. The second part isn't within the format of the subject-verb-object. Also, the second-person pronoun is modified into the primary person. Thus, option 2 is the correct answer.
In option 3, the meaning of the sentence has barely changed. The sentence originally implies that Vihaan is asking about the name, but under this selection, the sentence means Vihaan is assuming the name to be something so and so. Thus, option 3 is incorrect.
In option 4, the subject-verb-object format isn't changed within the second part of the sentence. Also, the tense of the sentence is modified from present to past, which is wrong. Thus, option 4 is also incorrect.
Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

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