The number of applicants for bank jobs _____ in the recent years.

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) has increased.

• Complete sentence: The number of applicants for bank jobs has increased in the recent years.

• Structure:
• The Number of + Plural Noun + Singular Verb হয়।
- যেমন -
- The number of girls is present in today's program.
- The number of people was very high.

অন্যদিকে,
- A number of + plural Noun + plural verb.

• আরো কিছু উদাহরণ -
• A number of boys are present in today's class.
- A number of books have been borrowed from the library.
- A number of employees are attending the conference.
- A number of houses were decorated for the holiday season.
- A number of birds migrate south during the winter.
- A number of books fill the library shelves.

Other options,
ক) have increased:
→ এটি ভুল, “have” plural এর সাথে ব্যবহার হয়। তবে এখানে Subject এখানে singular.

গ) were increased
→ এটি ভুল, passive voice past tense, context এর সাথে সঠিক না।

ঘ) increase rapidly:
→ present tense, grammatically ভুল।