Directions: Each of the sentences in the following items has an underlined word, followed by four choices. Select the most appropriate option that improves/corrects the underlined word in the context of the sentence, and mark your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
The attitude of the whalers was marked by **antipathy** towards the marine life they had to encounter.
- Asympathy
- Bempathy
- Cindifference
- Danimus
Explanation
"Antipathy" means a deep-seated feeling of hostility or aversion, and "animus" likewise denotes hostility or ill-feeling, making them the closest pair among the choices. "Sympathy" and "empathy" are opposites of antipathy, expressing fellow-feeling rather than hostility. "Indifference" is mere neutrality, weaker than the marked hostility the sentence attributes to the whalers. "Animus" is therefore the most appropriate substitute.