Rewrite the following sentence using the correct tense in simple past or past perfect of the verbs givenin the brackets: I (play) sitar when a young lady (come) and (stand) near me. She (listen) to the music for a while and then (ask) me what raga I (play).

The correct answer is: B. was playing, came, stood, listened, asked, was playing.

The simple past tense is used to describe actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The past perfect tense is used to describe actions that happened before another action in the past.

In this sentence, the action of playing the sitar happened before the action of the young lady coming and standing near the speaker. Therefore, the simple past tense is used for the action of playing the sitar and the past perfect tense is used for the action of the young lady coming and standing near the speaker.

The other options are incorrect because they use the wrong tenses. Option A uses the simple past tense for both actions, which is incorrect because the action of the young lady coming and standing near the speaker happened before the action of playing the sitar. Option C uses the past perfect tense for both actions, which is incorrect because the action of playing the sitar happened before the action of the young lady coming and standing near the speaker. Option D uses the simple present tense for all of the actions, which is incorrect because the sentence is describing a past event.