Q:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Bhola said to his mother, "Why is this charcoal so black?"

• 1
  Bhola asked his mother why was that charcoal so black.
• 2
  Bhola told his mother why that charcoal was so black.
• 3
  Bhola asked his mother why that charcoal was so black.
• 4
  Bhola asked his mother why this charcoal is so black.