What is your idea of happiness vs what your idea of happiness is

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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If I ask you what is your idea of happiness , you may answer having a lot of money, fame, high social status, and so on.
If I ask you what your idea of happiness is , you may answer having a lot of money, fame, high social status, and so on.

Which of the above sentences is correct in regard to the part in boldface and why?

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You will find this modified one more grammatical: If I ask you, “What is your idea of happiness?”, you may answer …

If I ask you what your idea of happiness is, you may answer … (This is correct)

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