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satish narayan chaudhary

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· 1 Months ago

peninsula is not an almost island, because then archipelago would also satisfy as an answer.

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Land so surrounded by water as to be almost an island –
Options:
A) Isthmus
B) Lagoon
C) Archipelago
D) Peninsula 
Solution:
Ans: (d)

Isthmus- A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger areas of land.

Lagoon- a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.

Archipelago- a group of islands.

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