Question

The sun was now ascending the sky, blazing on his ledge that faced the south. He felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous night fall. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other and pretended to be falling asleep

Find a word from the passage which means the same as 'a narrow horizontal shelf projecting from a cliff'. *


(a) blaze

(b) brink

(c) ledge

(d) ascend

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Answer 1

Answer:

ledge is the answer, like ledge of the building

Answer 2

Option c) Ledge is the answer.

About finding the correct answer:

• We have to read the extract and find out the word which means 'a narrow...projecting from a cliff'.
• Cliff is mountain. The rock part protrudes like a shelf separately and is a bit forward from the rest of the rock.
• Option a) blaze is firing that burn vigourously. So this cannot be the answer.
• Option b) brink means the edge of a surface. Thus it is incorrect.
• Option d) ascend means to climb up/ move forward. Moreover it is a verb. This is also wrong.
• Option c) ledge means the protruding part from a surface that acts like shelf. It can be from a wall/ mountain. This is the answer.