Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence.
It is nothing but pride.

Correct option is B

The correct substitution of the highlighted words is (b) nothing else.
Explanation: The phrase “nothing” is correctly and commonly substituted with “nothing else” when we mean “only this and not something different.”
Example: His anger is nothing else but jealousy.
Grammatical rule used:
This structure emphasizes exclusivity: “nothing else but X = only X.”
�� Information Booster: “Nothing but” and “nothing else” are idiomatic expressions meaning just/only that thing.