Read the passage and answer the following question:

Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles. generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.

Another symptom of the disorder Raunak is suffering from is

Irrational fear

The correct answer is Option (1) → Irrational fear

Raunak shows extreme and unreasonable fear of reptiles like lizards and snakes — even when they pose no real threat. This kind of intense, uncontrollable fear without a logical reason is called an irrational fear, which is a key symptom of a specific phobia, a type of anxiety disorder.