Consider the following statements : Statement-I : Sumed pipeline is a strategic route for Persian Gulf oil and natural gas shipments to Europe. Statement-II : Sumed pipeline connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ?

States that in Europe, Russia and West Asia pipelines are used to connect oil wells to refineries, ports, or domestic markets — showing pipelines serve as links between producing regions and export points.

A student could combine this with a map of Middle East–Mediterranean geography to see whether a pipeline across or near Egypt would function as a link between Persian Gulf shipments and European markets.

Notes the Indian Ocean provides major sea routes carrying heavy petroleum traffic from the Persian Gulf to Europe, implying established maritime corridors for Gulf-to-Europe oil flows.

Use this with knowledge of the Red Sea/Suez geography to assess whether an overland/oil-pipeline route across Egypt or adjacent coasts would be strategically placed relative to those sea routes.

Explains pipelines can be laid through rough terrain and under water and are used to integrate industrial regions, indicating pipelines can provide alternative continuous routes where maritime transit may be constrained.

A student could infer that an onshore pipeline parallel to a chokepoint sea route might serve as a strategic alternative and then check geographic chokepoints on a map.

Highlights that pipelines are the most convenient and economical bulk transport for oil in many places and that large volumes move between Middle East/Persian Gulf and major consuming regions.

Combine this economic rule with route maps to judge whether investing in a pipeline linking Gulf export flows toward Europe would be strategically sensible.

Describes long-distance pipelines (hundreds or thousands km) with pumping stations as the cheapest, efficient overland transport for crude oil, supporting the plausibility of long cross-country strategic pipelines.

A student could use this to consider whether a long pipeline traversing Egypt or nearby territory could economically and operationally serve Gulf-to-Europe flows, then verify with maps and trade-flow data.

Describes the Suez Canal as a constructed link between Port Said (Mediterranean) and Port Suez (Red Sea), establishing that there is a geographic corridor across Egypt connecting the two seas.

A student could look at a map of Egypt to see the narrow land corridor (Suez region) where an overland pipeline like Sumed could be routed between the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean coast.

States explicitly that the Suez Canal connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, showing the established transport link across that particular east–west Egyptian corridor.

Using this, a student could infer that other infrastructure (e.g., pipelines) might also use the same corridor to transfer oil between the two seas and then check a regional map for pipeline routes.

Mentions the Suez Canal and names the southern access to the Suez Canal and Bab-al-Mandeb as major maritime choke points, indicating the strategic importance of the Suez region as the transit route between Red Sea/Indian Ocean and Mediterranean/Europe.

A student could reason that strategic alternatives (such as pipelines across the same land corridor) exist to bypass maritime chokepoints and then search for named pipelines in that corridor.

Lists the Red Sea as a marginal sea of the Indian Ocean and names adjacent gulfs (e.g., Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman) emphasizing the regional sea geography around the Indian Ocean and Suez area.

By pairing this regional sea layout with a map of Egypt one can identify the Red Sea/Mediterranean interface where a pipeline could plausibly run.

Describes the Red Sea and the Mediterranean as enclosed/semi-enclosed seas with distinct characteristics, implying a functional separation that sometimes motivates artificial links (canals, pipelines) for transport.

A student could use this general rule (enclosed seas are distinct but can be connected by human-built links) to consider whether the Sumed pipeline is one such human-built link and then verify its route on a map.