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'Choke points' are strategic locations of immense importance. They are not just central to international maritime trade, but also play role of a keystone in the arch of geopolitics. Certain choke points are shown in the figure below. Identify the Strait of Hormuz and Strait of Malacca on the map:
Answer: D
The Strait of Hormuz is at S and the Strait of Malacca is at T.
The Strait of Hormuz joins the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, between Iran and Oman, and much of the world's oil trade passes through it. On the map this is the circle S on the Persian Gulf. The Strait of Malacca lies between the Malay Peninsula and the island of Sumatra and links the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea; it is the circle T in South-East Asia.
The other circles are P, near the Panama isthmus in Central America, Q, at the western end of the Mediterranean (the Strait of Gibraltar), and R, at the southern end of the Red Sea (Bab-el-Mandeb). So 'R and P', 'Q and R' and 'R and T' each name at least one wrong passage.
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