pyq/2011/prelims/90

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.