India is one of the founding members of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multimodal transportation corridor, which will connect

Option (A) is correct because the INSTC is a 7,200-km multi-modal network designed to connect India to Russia and Europe via Iranian ports and Central Asia, bypassing the longer Suez Canal route. Option (D) is the most tempting distractor but is incomplete, as Azerbaijan is just one of several transit countries in a corridor whose primary strategic value lies in broader connectivity to the landlocked Central Asian region. The core concept tested is India’s strategic connectivity initiatives and geopolitical trade corridors.