Question

Some asked,''will art give us a livelihood?''- change the narration

Answer 1

Some asked if art give them a livelihood.

Answer 2

The sentence can be converted as the, “Somebody inquired if art can give livelihood to them."

The sentence was in direct speech and is to be converted into indirect speech.

Here the sentences are narrated in the perspective of what the narrator said at a point of time to a third person who might not be present.