Question

Neither of the two speakers.... eloquent
(a) were (b) had
(c) was (d) being

Answer 1

Neither of the two speakers was eloquent.

Here neither is a negative word but refers to not this boy nor the other.

In grammatical terms neither here is singular and hence we use was and not were.

If we are talking of a single person we always use was nad if we are talking of many people we use were.

Answer 2

Hii,

Question:- Neither of the two speakers.... eloquent
(a) were (b) had
(c) was (d) being

Answer:- Was