Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2023 · Geography · Question 40

With reference to India's projects on connectivity, consider the following statements: 1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat. 2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar. 3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China. How many of the above statements are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. All three
  4. None

Answer

None

  1. Incorrect. The East-West Corridor connects Silchar to Porbandar, not Dibrugarh to Surat. So the statement is factually wrong.
  2. Incorrect. The India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway officially runs from Moreh (India) to Mae Sot (Thailand) via Myanmar, not to Chiang Mai. Hence the statement is not correct as worded.
  3. Incorrect. The BCIM Economic Corridor is described as connecting Kolkata to Kunming via Bangladesh and Myanmar, not Varanasi to Kunming.

Therefore, none of the statements is correct.

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