Correct Answer - Option 3 : Nathula Pass
The correct answer is Nathula Pass.
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Nathula pass Passes is located in Sikkim.
- Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas in the East Sikkim district.
- It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
- The pass, at 4,310 m above mean sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient Tea Horse Road.
- Nathu means "listening ears" and La means "pass" in Tibetan.
- On the Indian side, the pass is 54 km east of Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim.
- Only citizens of India can visit the pass, and then only after obtaining a permit in Gangtok.
- Nathula was Sealed by India after the 1962 Sino-Indian War.
- Nathu La was re-opened in 2006 following numerous bilateral trade agreements.
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Taungup Pass :
- Taungup is a principal town of the Taungup Township in the Rakhine State of the westernmost part of Myanmar.
- As of May 2020, there is one case of COVID-19, one of two cases in not only Thandwe township but the whole Rakhine State.
- It got 29.1 inches of rainfall on 21 July 2011.
- It was record-breaking and there was severe flooding.
- The population of the Taungup Urban area is 28,652 as of 2014, while Taungup Township's population is 114,437.
- Taungup Pass is situated in Rakhine state in the westernmost part of Myanmar.
- It is a mountain corridor connecting India and Myanmar.
- The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 922 meters.
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Baralacha Pass :
- Baralachala means summit with crossroads from Spiti, Ladakh, Zanskar, and Lahaul meet here.
- Baralacha is a high mountain pass in the Zanskar range.
- It connecting Lahaul district in Himachal Pradesh to Leh district in Ladakh, situated along the Leh–Manali Highway.
- The Bhaga river, a tributary of the Chenab river.
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It originated from Surya Taal lake.
- The other major tributary of the Chenab River.
- The Chandra also originates from glaciers in this region.
- The pass also acts as a water-divide between the Bhaga river and the Yunam river.
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Banihal Pass :
- Banihal Pass is a mountain pass across the Pir Panjal Range at a maximum elevation of 2,832 m.
- It connects the Kashmir Valley in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to the outer Himalayas and the plains to the south.
- In the Kashmiri language, "Banihāl" means blizzard.
- Banihal pass is a popular pass in Jammu and Kashmir.
- It connects Banihal with Qazigund.
- It connects Srinagar with Kargil and Leh.
