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The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west. But the clocks show the same time. How does this happen? |
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Answer» 1. The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat. 2. It takes 4 minutes for the sun’s position to move one longitude. 3. This means that the time is different for each degree of longitude. 4. Based on the longitudes the time is calculated. 5. Then two different places in our country will have different times, which cause a lot of confusion. 6. To avoid this confusion of time from place to place 82°30’ E longitude is taken as the standard meridian of India and serves as Indian Standard Time. 7. All people in India have to follow this time. Thus clocks show the same time. |
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