UPSC Geography The Earth and the Solar System Question Bank The Solar System, The Earth and The Moon

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    The local time at a station A is 3PM when it is noon at Greenwich. This indicates that
    1. A is \[{{45}^{o}}\] east of Greenwich
    2. Longitude of A is\[{{45}^{o}}W\].

    A) ?Only 1?????????? ??

    B) ?Only 2

    C) ?Only 1 and 2???? ???????????

    D) ?Neither 1 or 2

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    ?Since the local time of station A is 3 hours ahead of Greenwich, this station should be to the east of Greenwich. There is a time difference of 4 minutes for each degree of longitude, therefore the longitude of station A should be \[\frac{3\times 60}{4}={{45}^{o}}\]


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