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?
- (a) Only one
- (b) Only two
- (c) All three
- (d) None ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• Statement 1 is wrong: the East–West Corridor (Silchar to Porbandar) is part of the National Highways Development Project's North-South and East-West Corridors, a separate component from the Golden Quadrilateral, and it does not connect Dibrugarh with Surat.
• Statement 2 is wrong: the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway runs from Moreh in Manipur via Myanmar to Mae Sot in Thailand, not Chiang Mai.
• Statement 3 is wrong: the proposed BCIM Economic Corridor links Kolkata with Kunming via Dhaka and Mandalay, not Varanasi.
• None of the statements is correct, option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Only one
- None of the statements is correct.
- (b) Only two
- All three contain wrong endpoints.
- (c) All three
- Each statement misstates the corridor's route.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2023, held on 28 May 2023. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.