Which of the following is the correct indirect speech conversion of the given sentence? Purna said, "Bravo! I have passed the entrance test."
Purna joyfully exclaimed that she had passed the entrance test.
The direct speech begins with the interjection 'Bravo!', which expresses joy or approval. In indirect speech an interjection is dropped and its feeling is expressed through the reporting verb, e.g. 'exclaimed with joy' / 'joyfully exclaimed'.
Since the sentence is exclamatory, the reporting verb 'said' changes to 'exclaimed'. Pronoun 'I' → 'she'. Present perfect 'have passed' → past perfect 'had passed' (reporting verb in the past).
Result: Purna joyfully exclaimed that she had passed the entrance test.
'she have had passed' is ungrammatical; 'expressed with excitement' and 'said with joy' do not use the exclamatory reporting verb that an interjection like 'Bravo!' calls for.
Hence, the answer is Purna joyfully exclaimed that she had passed the entrance test.
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