Out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the opposite meaning of the highlighted word.
I would beg of all friends not to rush to Birla house nor try to dissuade me or be anxious about me.

Out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the opposite meaning of the highlighted word.
It could not have been expected that, with such a bent of mind of the people, there should have been much activity for the cultivation of the physical sciences in this part of the world.