Question

Few applicants............ backed out.
Have
1.
Has
2.
Were
3.
Are
4.​

Answer 1

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Few applicants were backed out.

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Answer 2

Few applicants have backed out.

Here in this statement, there is a situation of few applicants backing out. We can see that the number of applicants is more than one therefore the applicants are in the plural.

With plural nouns, we use 'have' while, has is used in the case of a singular noun.

The meaning of the sentence formed will be that few applicants have backed out by themselves.