Select the option which expresses the given sentence in Indirect spee…

The correct answer is Option (3) → The visitor asked Sameer why his father had dragged him into that situation.

Direct	Indirect
The visitor said to Sameer, "Why did your father drag you into this situation?"	The visitor asked Sameer why his father had dragged him into that situation.

Wh-question in indirect speech:

• Reporting verb: "said to" becomes asked, and the question word why joins the two parts.
• Word order: the question becomes a statement (subject before verb), the helping verb "did" goes, and the question mark is dropped.
• Tense change: the reporting verb is in the past, so the simple past "did ... drag" moves back to the past perfect had dragged.
• Pronoun changes: "your" → his, "you" → him.
• Words of nearness (time and place): "this" → that.
  Example: She said to me, "Why did you leave early?" → She asked me why I had left early.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The visitor said to Sameer that why his father dragged him into this situation. — Incorrect.

• "said to" is kept and "that why" joins the clause; a reported question takes "asked" and only the question word.
• The tense is not moved back ("dragged") and "this" is not changed to "that".

Option 2: The visitor asked Sameer why his father dragged him into that situation? — Incorrect.

• "dragged" is not moved back to "had dragged".
• The question mark is kept, though a reported question is a statement.

Option 4: The visitor told Sameer why his father had dragged him into that situation? — Incorrect.

• "told" is used for statements; a question is reported with "asked".
• The question mark is kept.