The correct answer is option 1) i.e. Ashok asked Anil about what he had seen at the South Pole Key Points This sentence is in Direct speech. It is an interrogative sentence. It will be changed into Indirect speech as under: Ashok asked Anil is the reporting verb, so it will be put at the beginning of the sentence. About may or may not be used. Comma and inverted commas will be removed. The reported speech begins with a wh-word, so it(what) will be used as the conjunction. In order to make the sentence assertive, the subject will be used before the helping verb. Past Indefinite Tense changes into Past Perfect Tense. Tense will be changed accordingly. You will be changed according to Anil. Important Points Pronouns are changed as under: I, We According to the subject of the reporting verb You According to the object of the reporting verb He/She/They No change Thus the Indirect speech of the sentence is: "Ashok asked Anil about what he had seen at the South Pole"