lsquo I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours rsquo suggests that ........

English Aptitude (NDA) Reading Comprehension (S)

Directions : In this section, you have two short passages.Read the pas sages and an swer the items that fol low. You are re quired to select your an swers based on the contents of the passage and opin ion of the author only.
Passage 2
I was beginning to tire a little now. I has been cutting steps continuously for two hours, and Tenzing, too, was moving very slowly. As I chipped steps around still another corner, I wondered rather dully just how long we could keep it up. Our original zest had now quite gone and it was turning more into a grim struggle. I then realised that the ridge ahead, instead of still monotonously rising, now
dropped sharply away, and far below I could see the North Col and Rongbuk glacier. I looked upwards to see a narrow ride running up to a snowy summing. A few more whacks of the ice-taxes in the firm snow and we stood on top.

‘I had been cutting steps continuously for two hours’ suggests that

the climber was un skilled in the art of mak ing steps

he had to cut the steps out of snow be fore climb ing up which was necessarily a slow process

the slow ness was caused by the fact that as soon as he cut the steps they were again cov ered with snow

he has to work suspended from a ledge

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