The statement below is followed by four options. Each option is related to the item in the statement, but only one is always true. Select the option that always holds and makes the statement true.
"An island always has ______."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Water on all sides
The answer must hold for every island, without exception. An option that is present in most cases but can be missing in even one case is not always true.
Option (1) Beaches — an island whose coast is made of steep rocky cliffs has no beach.
Option (2) People living on it — many islands are uninhabited, for example most of the islands of the Andaman and Nicobar group.
Option (3) Coconut trees — coconut grows only in warm coastal climates; an island in the cold polar seas has none.
Option (4) Water on all sides — an island is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides; without that it is not an island, so this is always true.