Choose the correct option to transform the given sentence into Indirect Speech.

Shanta: "It snows in winter in Srinagar."

Shanta said that it snows in winter in Srinagar

The correct answer is Option (1) → Shanta said that it snows in winter in Srinagar

The original sentence is: Shanta: "It snows in winter in Srinagar."

This sentence states a universal truth or a habitual/natural fact (it is a climatic reality that occurs every winter).

When the Direct Speech sentence states a universal truth, a habitual fact, or a natural phenomenon, the tense of the reported speech does not change, even if the reporting verb is in the past tense (like "said").

• Reporting Verb: Shanta said (Past Tense).

• Reported Speech: "It snows in winter in Srinagar" (Present Simple Tense).

Transformation

1. Change the reporting verb and remove the quotation marks: $\to$ Shanta said that

2. Keep the reported clause tense unchanged: $\to$ it snows in winter in Srinagar

Correct Indirect Speech: Shanta said that it snows in winter in Srinagar.