Question

Q. Consider the following statements with regard to the Kartarpur Corridor.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

• A.
  1 and 2 only
• B.
  2 and 3 only
• C.
  1 and 3 only
• D.
  1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

The correct option is A

1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Statement 1 is correct: Kartarpur Corridor connects the holy shrines of Dera Baba Nanak Sahib in Gurdaspur district of Punjab in India with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan.

Statement 2 is correct: It was first proposed in 1999, when PM Vajpayee took a bus ride to Lahore.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Pakistan provides a visa free access to the pilgrims. Pilgrims have to return on the same day. There’s no such provision from the Indian side.