Q. Consider the following:

1. Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
2. Port of Djibouti
3. Strait of Hormuz
4. Great Bitter Lake

Which of the above are located on the Mediterranean–Indian Ocean Sea Route?
Answer: 1, 2 and 4
Notes: The Mediterranean–Indian Ocean Sea Route passes through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (1), includes the Port of Djibouti (2) as a key hub, and the Great Bitter Lake (4) serves as an anchorage within the Suez Canal. The route, however, avoids the Strait of Hormuz (3) when connecting Europe to India via the Suez Canal and Red Sea.