RAS question
The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor (CBIC) connects which two cities?
Correct answer: (C) Chennai and Bengaluru.
The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor connects Chennai and Bengaluru, with identified development nodes at Krishnapatnam, Ponneri and Tumakuru across Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Explanation
CBIC links Chennai with Bengaluru, not Bengaluru-Hyderabad, Chennai-Kochi or Chennai-Mumbai. The PIB release on the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor states that the corridor's perspective plan had been completed and names three development nodes: Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, Ponneri in Tamil Nadu and Tumakuru in Karnataka. The corridor is therefore usually read as a southern industrial corridor spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The PIB release also records that JICA prepared the overall perspective plan and initial master plan for the identified nodes, and CBIC is being developed with Japanese collaboration similar to DMIC.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Bengaluru and Hyderabad is wrong because CBIC links Chennai with Bengaluru, and the development nodes are in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, not a Bengaluru-Hyderabad pairing.
- (B) Chennai and Kochi is wrong because the PIB release identifies CBIC with Chennai-Bengaluru and lists no Kochi node.
- (D) Chennai and Mumbai is wrong because CBIC links Chennai with Bengaluru and is supported by development nodes at Krishnapatnam, Ponneri and Tumakuru.
Concept
Industrial corridors fall under Indian economic geography, where RAS often covers corridor endpoints, nodes and participating states. CBIC recurs in RAS because such corridors connect location, infrastructure planning and regional development.