Fill within the blank with an appropriate option:

Uncle Ram said to Tom, "Do you recognize me?"

Uncle Ram asked Tom if______________

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He knew him

Did he know him

He knows me

You knew him

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: ‘He knew him’ is within the simple tense. However, we observe that it fits the sentence correctly, it converts the sentence into indirect speech without altering the meaning of the sentence.
‘Did he know him’ is within the simple past. However, we observe that the phrase doesn't fit the sentence correctly, because the blank is preceded by the preposition ‘if’. Adding this phrase to the sentence will make it ungrammatical. ‘He knows me’ is within the simple tense. Since the phrase isn't within the simple past, it's unsuitable. Hence, option 3 isn't the right answer.
‘You knew him’ is within the past. However, it incorrectly uses the pronoun ‘you’ for Tom. Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

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