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A tanker carrying crude oil from Kuwait to a port on India's west coast must necessarily pass through which one of the following straits?

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A tanker carrying crude oil from Kuwait to a port on India's west coast must necessarily pass through which one of the following straits?

  • AStrait of Hormuz
  • BBab-el-Mandeb
  • CStrait of Malacca
  • DBosporus
Correct answer: A

Explanation

Kuwait lies at the head of the Persian Gulf, whose only outlet to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea is the Strait of Hormuz.

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