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.
"A peninsula always has ______."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Water on three sides
The answer must hold for every peninsula, without exception. An option that is present in most cases but can be missing in even one case is not always true.
Option (1) Water on three sides — a peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides and joined to the mainland on the fourth, so this is always true.
Option (2) Water on all four sides — land with water on all four sides is an island, not a peninsula; a peninsula is always joined to the mainland on one side.
Option (3) Snow-covered peaks — the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat has no snow-covered peaks.
Option (4) A large desert — the Indian Peninsula is made up mostly of plateaus and hills, not a large desert.