Call to account means to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible. The correct answer is this meaning because the expression is used figuratively, not only by its literal words.

Examples:

• The committee decided to call to account the careless officer.
• In an HSC essay, Call to account can express this meaning: to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible.
• When this expression appears in a passage, connect Call to account with the idea of to demand an explanation or hold someone responsible.