Convert to indirect speech:
"What time is it?" he asked.

• সঠিক উত্তর: ক) He asked what time it was.

- এটি একটি Interrogative Sentence (WH-question).
- Direct speech: "What time is it?" he asked.
- Reporting verb: asked (past tense)
- তাই tense পরিবর্তন হবে।

- রূপান্তর নিয়ম (WH-question):
- Reporting verb → asked,
- Question form → Statement form (No question mark, word order পরিবর্তন)।
- Tense change: is → was (Present → Past).

• Other options:
খ) He asked what time is it. → Question word order থাকায় ভুল।

গ) He asked what time it is. → Tense পরিবর্তন হয়নি।

ঘ) He said what time it was. → Reporting verb "said" উপযুক্ত নয় এখানে, কারণ এটি প্রশ্ন।

Source: A Passage to the English Language, S.M. Zakir Hussain.