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Between India and East Asia, the navigation time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following

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Between India and East Asia, the navigation time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?
1. Deepeing the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal across the Kraisthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer:

(b)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

Statement 1 is not correct: Deepening the Malacca Straits helps with ship passage, not directly reducing navigation time and distance. Statement 2 is correct: The Kra Isthmus Canal would connect the Gulf of Siam and the Andaman Sea, reducing travel distance.