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UPSC 2011 • Q90Geography (Physical, Indian & Spatial Mapping)Medium
World Geography, Strategic Chokepoints & Geopolitical Hotspots
Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following? 1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia. 2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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