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Fill in the blank in the following sentence. Dogs have antipathy ________ cats.
Question

Fill in the blank in the following sentence.
Dogs have antipathy ________ cats.

A.

to

B.

with

C.

for

D.

on

Correct option is A


The correct option to fill in the blank is (a) to.
Detailed Explanation (English):
• “Antipathy” means a strong dislike or hostility.
• The correct collocation is antipathy to (someone/something) (also used as “antipathy towards”).
• Hence, “Dogs have antipathy to cats” is grammatically correct.
Correct sentence: Dogs have antipathy to cats.
Grammatical Rule Used (English):
• Certain nouns take fixed prepositions (collocations).
• Antipathy + to (someone/something).
Grammatical Rule Used (Hindi):
• कुछ nouns के साथ preposition निश्चित (fixed) होता है।
• “antipathy” के साथ सही preposition to आता है (किसी के प्रति नफरत/विरोध)।
Meanings of the other options:
• (b) With: used to show association/being together (के साथ)
• (c) For: used to show purpose/benefit/liking (के लिए)
• (d) On: used for position/surface; also used in some fixed phrases (पर)

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