Select the option that is the direct form of the sentence.

Dhiraj said that he had been to Goa the previous year also.

Dhiraj said, “I had been to Goa the previous year also.”

The direct form of the sentence "Dhiraj said that he had been to Goa the previous year also" is: Dhiraj said, "I had been to Goa the previous year also."

Here's why:

• We need to convert the reported speech (indirect speech) into spoken words (direct speech).
• In indirect speech, pronouns are shifted to the third person ("he" instead of "I"). In direct speech, we switch back to the original pronoun used by the speaker ("I").
• The tense of the verb "had been" remains the same as it indicates an action completed before another past action (referring to a time before he spoke).

Therefore, the most accurate direct form retains "I" and uses the past perfect tense "had been."