Correct Answer: Vishnu's mother said that they were leaving for the village as there were no jobs in the city.

Solution : The second option is the correct choice.

The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into an indirect speech.
We follow these rules in direct-indirect speech:

• The reporting verb "said" remains the same in the indirect speech part.
• The pronoun "we" (first-person pronoun) changed to "they" (second-person pronoun) in indirect speech.
• If the direct speech is written in the present continuous tense, then we have to change it into the past continuous in the indirect speech. Therefore, the verb "are leaving" in the direct speech changed to "were leaving" in the indirect speech.
• Similarly, "there are" changed to "there were" in indirect speech.

Therefore, the correct answer is: " Vishnu's mother said that they were leaving for the village as there were no jobs in the city ."