BharatNotes Corridor
nounUsage in a UPSC answer
The proposed India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor seeks to weave a contiguous web of rail, port and digital connectivity across the Gulf, recasting trade geography even as it tests the diplomatic finesse needed to align disparate sovereign interests.
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Word Family
corridor (n), corridors (n pl), course (n, cognate), current (n, cognate), cursory (adj, cognate)
Root
Latin currere = to run → Italian correre = to run → corridore = runner, long passage; ecological sense 20th c.
Etymology
From Italian corridore ("a runner, a long passage"), from correre ("to run"), ultimately from Latin currere ("to run") — originally denoting a covered passageway in a building, extended to ecology in the 20th century.
Memory Hook
Hear "CORRIDOR" as a place to "RUN" — share its Latin root currere ("to run") with current and courier; a corridor is literally a "running-way" you hurry down.
Seen in UPSC Question Papers
- Prelims 2025 — International Organisations
- Prelims 2020 — Infrastructure
- Prelims 2017 — Internal Security
- Mains 2021 · GS4 · 20 marks — Ethics in Public Administration
- Mains 2018 · GS3 · 10 marks — Security
- Mains 2014 · GS3 · 12.5 marks — Security
- Mains 2013 · GS3 · 10 marks — Environment / Science & Technology
Real UPSC previous-year questions whose text uses “Corridor” — proof this word earns its place on your list.
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