Killing of a child

In the following questions, out of four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

Killing of a child

(1) homicide (2) genocide
(3) infanticide (4) suicide

Answer :-

(3) infanticide

Explanation :-

infanticide (N.) : the crime of killing a baby

homicide (N.) : the crime of killing somebody deliberately; murder

genocide (N.) : the murder of a whole race or group of people

suicide (N.) : the act of killing yourself deliberately