Which of the following alternative words is opposite in meaning to the given word? ‘Courage’

The question asks for the word opposite in meaning to courage. Courage is the quality of facing danger, pain or difficulty without being overwhelmed by fear. Its direct opposite is cowardice, which means lack of courage or a tendency to back away from danger or responsibility. So option C is correct.

Why the others fail:

• Hensuless, Eurvery and symposhy are not standard English words. They are misspelt or invented forms, and an antonym has to be a real word with a recognised meaning. Picking one of these is guessing on sound alone.

Fearless is the nearest real word to courage, but it is closer to a synonym in sense than an opposite, and it is not among the options. Aspirants often confuse this pair. Antonym questions test whether you can state the contrary of a concept, and cowardice does that cleanly.

Mains connection: the distinction between physical and moral courage comes up in GS-IV ethics, where moral courage to speak against wrongdoing is set against the cowardice of silence.

Trap: choosing a word that merely looks like English or sounds impressive, without checking whether it is a real word with the opposite sense.