DIRECTIONS: Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow: PASSAGE - 3 The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will build a memorial at Gurdwara Rakabganj in Delhi for the anti-Sikh riot victims of 1984. DSGMC president Manjit Singh GK said that he had convened a special general house session of the comitee members on Wednesday at the gurdwara to give the formal approval. In the 51 -member house, SAD has 43 members. He alleged that instead of helping and extending support for the memorial, Delhi's Congress government has been causing hurdles in their way. Which of the following can replace the phrase "extending support" as used in the passage above?

• A. lowering
• B.      favouring
• C. demoralizing   
• D. moralizing