Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful paragraph:
(A) To slow this loss, villagers now plant bamboo and tall grasses along the shore, since their roots help to hold the soil in place.
(B) Every monsoon, however, the swollen river eats away a little more of its banks, carrying fields and even whole villages downstream.
(C) As a result, the island has lost nearly half of its land in the last hundred years.
(D) Majuli, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, was once counted among the largest river islands in the world.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (B), (C), (A)
Rearranged Parts:
(D) Majuli, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, was once counted among the largest river islands in the world.
(B) Every monsoon, however, the swollen river eats away a little more of its banks, carrying fields and even whole villages downstream.
(C) As a result, the island has lost nearly half of its land in the last hundred years.
(A) To slow this loss, villagers now plant bamboo and tall grasses along the shore, since their roots help to hold the soil in place.
Complete paragraph: Majuli, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, was once counted among the largest river islands in the world. Every monsoon, however, the swollen river eats away a little more of its banks, carrying fields and even whole villages downstream. As a result, the island has lost nearly half of its land in the last hundred years. To slow this loss, villagers now plant bamboo and tall grasses along the shore, since their roots help to hold the soil in place.