lsquo It was turning more into a grim struggle rsquo would mean ........

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.

‘It was turning more into a grim struggle’ would mean

that af ter the long ex er tion he was feeling so weak that any further climbing meant a hard struggle with the forces of nature

that Tenzing was mak ing the task more difficult

that strong cold wind was pushing him down from above and that he had to struggle with the forces of nature

that he was in a mood to give up ultimately

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Explanation:

‘‘It was turn ing more into a grim struggle’’ would mean that after the long exertion he was feeling so weak that any further climbing meant a hard struggle with the forces of nature.
Hence option1 is correct.