{"id":92057,"date":"2025-06-01T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=92057"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:13:00","slug":"with-reference-to-indias-projects-on-connectivity-consider-the-follo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-indias-projects-on-connectivity-consider-the-follo\/","title":{"rendered":"With reference to India&#8217;s projects on connectivity, consider the follo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to India&#8217;s projects on connectivity, consider the following statements :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat.<\/li>\n<li>2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar.<\/li>\n<li>3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How many of the statements given above are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Only one&#8221; option2=&#8221;Only two&#8221; option3=&#8221;All three&#8221; option4=&#8221;None&#8221; correct=&#8221;option4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC IAS &#8211; 2023<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2023\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatement 1 is incorrect: The East-West Corridor under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), not the Golden Quadrilateral, connects Silchar in Assam and Porbandar in Gujarat. Dibrugarh and Surat are not the endpoints.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is incorrect: The India\u2013Myanmar\u2013Thailand Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur, India, to Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar. While it facilitates travel further into Thailand, the primary defined endpoint on the Thai side within the project is Mae Sot, not Chiang Mai.<br \/>\nStatement 3 is incorrect: The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor is conceptualized to connect Kolkata in India to Kunming in China, passing through Bangladesh (Dhaka) and Myanmar (Mandalay). It does not connect Varanasi.<br \/>\nAs all three statements contain factual inaccuracies regarding the endpoints of the mentioned connectivity projects, none of the statements are correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; East-West Corridor connects Silchar and Porbandar.<br \/>\n&#8211; Trilateral Highway connects Moreh and Mae Sot.<br \/>\n&#8211; BCIM Economic Corridor links Kolkata and Kunming.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Golden Quadrilateral is a separate project connecting the four major metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata). The North-South and East-West Corridors are part of NHDP Phase II. The Trilateral Highway aims to boost trade, tourism, and connectivity between the three countries. The BCIM corridor is a proposed economic corridor aimed at enhancing economic cooperation.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With reference to India&#8217;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 statements &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"With reference to India&#8217;s projects on connectivity, consider the follo\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/with-reference-to-indias-projects-on-connectivity-consider-the-follo\/#more-92057\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">With reference to India&#8217;s projects on connectivity, consider the follo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1092],"tags":[1105,1131,1143],"class_list":["post-92057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-ias","tag-1105","tag-indian-geography","tag-transport","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With reference to India&#039;s projects on connectivity, consider the follo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statement 1 is incorrect: The East-West Corridor under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), not the Golden Quadrilateral, connects Silchar in Assam and Porbandar in Gujarat. 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