Choose the correct transformation of the given sentence in Indirect S…

The correct answer is Option (2) → Gauri asked the baker if he delivered cakes to her area.

Changing a question into indirect speech:

Change	Direct	Indirect	Why
Reporting verb	said to the baker	asked the baker	The spoken words are a question, so “said to” becomes “asked”.
Joining word	“ ” (quotation marks)	if	“Do you deliver ...?” is answered with yes or no, so “if” joins it.
Word order	Do you deliver	he delivered	The question becomes a plain statement. “Do” is dropped, the subject “he” comes before the verb, and the “?” is dropped.
Tense change	do ... deliver	delivered	“Do ... deliver” is in the simple present. The simple present is formed with the base form (V1), or V1 + s / es with he, she, it. After the past “said” it becomes the simple past “delivered”. The simple past is formed with the past form of the verb (V2).
Pronoun change	you, my	he, her	The baker is spoken to, so “you” becomes “he”. The speaker is Gauri, so “my” becomes “her”.
Full sentence	Gauri said to the baker, “Do you deliver cakes to my area?”	Gauri asked the baker if he delivered cakes to her area.

“Does” is dropped in the same way. “Did” is dropped too, and the verb becomes had + past participle (V3). Example: Sonu said to me, “Did you lock the door?” → Sonu asked me if I had locked the door.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: Gauri asked the baker if did he deliver cakes to her area. — Incorrect. “Did he deliver” keeps the question word order. In indirect speech “did” is dropped and the subject comes first: “if he delivered”.

Option 3: Gauri said the baker if he delivered cakes to her area. — Incorrect. “Said the baker” is wrong. A reported question takes “asked”: “asked the baker if”.

Option 4: Gauri asked the baker if he delivered cakes to my area. — Incorrect. “My” is not changed. Gauri speaks of her own area, so it must be “her area”.