Question

Akali Dal yesterday in which a ban on the book ___8___ (demand).

• A. had been demanded
• B. was demanded
• C. has been demanded
• D. was been demanded

Answer 1

The correct option is B was demanded

Here, 'was demanded' in the simple past tense is correct because it indicates an action that has already been completed. Here, the mention of 'yesterday' in the sentence indicates that it is past tense.( Simple Past Tense is used with the time adverbs like 'yesterday', Last night, Last week, last month, Before, etc ) Hence option 'B' is correct

'Had been demanded' in past perfect tense is incorrect because Simple past tense is used with the time adverbs like 'yesterday', Last night, Last week, last month, Before, etc
'Has been demanded' in present perfect tense is incorrect because it is used to indicate an action finished in the immediate past which has relation with the present time.
'Was been demanded' is grammatically incorrect.