Question

The largest riverine island in the world, Majuli, is which river?
(A) Brahmaputra
(B) Manas
(C) Subansiri
(D) Ganga

Answer 1

Hint
1. With a length of 2900 km, it is one of the longest rivers in the world.
2. It is a transboundary river that runs through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
3. It is the ninth largest river in the world by discharge, and the fifteenth longest.

Complete Solution Step by Step

What & How?
1. Mājuli or Majoli is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, and in 2016 it became the first island to become a district in India.
2. The island is formed by the Brahmaputra River in the south and the Kherkutia Xuti, an anabranch of the Brahmaputra River, joined by the Subansiri River in the north.
3. It was created by changes in the flow of the Brahmaputra River and its tributaries, mostly the Lohit River.
4. The island of Mājuli is accessible by ferry from the town of Jorhat.
5. The island is about 300–400 kilometres (186–249 mi) east of the largest city in the state— Guwahati.
5. At the turn of the 20th century, it had an area of 880 square kilometres, but with a major deforestation reduction of 352 square kilometres as in 2014.
6. Majuli has shrunk as the river around him has risen.

Option A. Brahmaputra is the correct answer.

Note
1. The source of the Brahmaputra River is the Chemayungdung Glacier (5150 m) on the Kailas, about 100 km from the Mansarovar Lake in Tibet.
2. With a length of 2900 km, the Brahmaputra is one of the longest rivers in the world.
3. It passes through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.
4. Tista, Manas, Luhit and Subansiri are the most significant tributaries.