Sanjay Dutt said four years _______ a long time to spend away from your…

Answer: is

Complete sentence: Sanjay Dutt said four years is a long time to spend away from your friends and family.

Explanation:

• Treat the phrase "four years" as a single period or span of time, so it takes a singular verb: "four years is..."

• Why "are" is incorrect: "are" would view the years as separate individual units. The sentence refers to the whole duration, not the individual years.

• Why "was" is less suitable: "was" is past tense and would imply the comment applied only in the past. The natural reading keeps the present "is" for a general statement about the duration.

• Why "None of the above" is incorrect: the correct verb to complete the sentence is "is," so one of the listed options is correct.