English idiom — "rise to the occasion": Choose the option that gives the correct fixed expression. Original sentence: "Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successfully." Select the best replacement for the underlined words.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: to rise to

Explanation:

Given data

  • Intended idiom: meet a challenge capably.

Concept/ApproachThe fixed idiom is rise to the occasion, not "rise from/against the occasion".

Option analysisC. "to rise to" → completes the idiom correctly ("rise to the occasion"). ✔A/B/D → incorrect prepositions or wrong verb ("raise").E → keeps the nonstandard expression.

Corrected sentence"Anand has the guts to rise to the occasion and come out successfully."

Final Answerto rise to

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