In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.My sister said to my mother, "When can I have dinner? I hardly have had anything to eat since noon today."

• A. My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day.
• B. My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.
• C. My sister asked my mother when she can have her dinner and said that she hardly has had anything to eat since noon that day.
• D. My sister asked my mother when she could have her dinner and said that she hardly had had anything to eat since noon that day.