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?
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Answer: D. Statement 1 is wrong: the East-West Corridor links Silchar in Assam with Porbandar in Gujarat and is a separate part of NHDP, not the Golden Quadrilateral. Statement 2 is wrong: the Trilateral Highway runs from Moreh in Manipur to Mae Sot in Thailand. Statement 3 is wrong: the BCIM corridor was planned from Kolkata to Kunming. So none.
Watch for: The route names are real; the trap is in the start and end towns.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because all three statements have wrong end points.
- B. Wrong because all three statements have wrong end points.
- C. Wrong because all three statements have wrong end points.
Source to check: National Highways Authority of India website (NHDP, Golden Quadrilateral and NS-EW corridors); Ministry of External Affairs briefs on the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway and BCIM
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