Never Make Excuses

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Please come to the point, don't beat around the bush. (a) avoid the topic (b) hide behind a bush (c) make excuses (d) accept defeat

Rohit has failed in examination and he is making the excuses. It is example of:

Assertion : A convex mirror can never make a real image Reason : For all real objects image formed by a convex mirror is virtual