Question
In the following questions, sentences are given with a part in bold. The given phrase in bold may or may not contain an error. If a phrase has an error, one of the options following can replace the incorrect phrase. The correct phrase which replaces the erroneous phrase will be your answer. If the sentence is correct then select ‘No improvement required’ as your answer. Despite her vast experience and credentials, she was not consider for the position due to internal politics.
Solution
After a passive construction (was + past participle), the verb must be in past participle form — "considered", not "consider". So grammatically correct sentence is option B
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