alleryWhich modern highway follows the old southern Karakoram route through Khunjerab Pass?
AGrand Trunk Road
BKarakoram Highway
CSilk Expressway
DKonkan Highway
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Karakoram Highway
1. The southern route crossed the Karakoram mountains.
2. Today that path survives as the Karakoram Highway linking Pakistan and China.
3. The Grand Trunk Road and others are not the preserved Silk Road path.
_Source: Wikipedia, Silk Road, Southern route_
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