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UPSC 2011: 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?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Deepening the Malacca Strait would not alter the sailing distance between India and East Asia, so it would offer little time-saving. A canal cut through Thailand’s Kra Isthmus, however, would let vessels bypass the long detour around the Malay Peninsula, shortening the route by roughly 1,000–1,200 km and several sailing hours; hence only statement 2 is correct.
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