Q20 of 40 Page 1

Look at figure 1.4 and answer the following questions:

If it is 8 a.m. at 82° 30' E, what would be the time in their clocks at the following places?


• Jammu


• Madurai


• Jaisalmer


• Guwahati


The time will remain the same everywhere because there is only one -time zone across the whole of India. The timezone is calculated according to the longitude of 82.5 degrees E. at Shankargarh Fort in Mirzapur (in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh) which was picked as the central meridian for India.


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Look at figure 1.4 and answer the following questions:

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Look at figure 1.4 and answer the following questions:

What is the value of degrees of longitude at Mirzapur?


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Look at figure 1.4 and answer the following questions:

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