Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: No one knows where is he hiding .

Question

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: No one knows where is he hiding .

1. A. where is he hide
2. B. where he is hiding at
3. C. where he is hiding (Correct answer)
4. D. where he has hidden is

Correct Answer

Option C — where he is hiding

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is where he is hiding.

Key Points

• An embedded question — a question inside a larger statement — takes statement word order, not question word order.
• So after "No one knows", the clause must run subject + verb: "where he is hiding", not "where is he hiding".
• No auxiliary inversion and no question mark are used, because the sentence as a whole is a statement.
• Option B adds a redundant *at* after the clause, and option D is ungrammatical.
• The same rule governs "I wonder what time it is" and "Tell me where the station is" — inverting the verb in these is one of the most frequently tested errors in SSC English.

Additional Information

• An embedded or indirect question takes statement word order — no auxiliary inversion, no question mark when the whole sentence is a statement.
• The rule applies after *know, wonder, tell, ask, explain, understand* and after noun clauses generally: "Tell me where the station is".
• If the sentence as a whole is a question ("Do you know where he is hiding?"), only the outer clause inverts; the embedded clause still keeps statement order.