Multiple choice

Majuli, the largest river island in the world, is environmentally degraded due to _____.

  1. floods
  2. erosion
  3. increasing population pressure
  4. development of transport activities

  1. 1 and 4

  2. 1 and 3

  3. 1, 2 and 3

  4. 2, 3 and 4
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Majuli in Assam (Brahmaputra River) faces degradation from annual floods causing massive erosion, bank recession, and submergence, combined with increasing human population pressure on the shrinking land. Transport development (roads) also contributes, but the primary factors are floods (1), erosion (2), and population pressure (3).

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