Question

11. Punctuate the following paragraph and rewrite.
we pushed deeper into the night our eyes glued to the black surface of the road
illuminated in the taxis headlights mr thapa and indrajit would make enquiries
villagers rudely awoken by the urgent shouting would appear in the doorway
cocooned in blankets looking bewildered and frightened we reached a toll gate
where we received more accurate information the elephants we were told by
the sleepy toll keeper had definitely passed through do you perhaps know how
long ago we asked unfortunately his watch was not in working order but he
assured us it was not yesterday.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The meaning of ‘black ’ in this sentence is that the face and hands are dark because of dust and dirt.