India is one of the founding members of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a…

India is one of the founding members of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multimodal transportation corridor, which will connect
  1. India to Central Asia to Europe via Iran
  2. India to Central Asia via China
  3. India to South-East Asia through Bangladesh and Myanmar
  4. India to Europe through Azerbaijan

Solution

INSTC connects India to Central Asia, Russia and Europe through Iran (via Chabahar/Bandar Abbas), going through Azerbaijan. [Note: Insights IAS marked this as D/A — both A and D could be argued correct; the conventional answer is A. Flagged as provisional/ambiguous.]

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2025

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