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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following :
The opposite meridians of longitude form a Great Circle.
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उत्तर
The opposite meridians of longitude form a Great circle because by each of them the world is divided into two equal parts
संबंधित प्रश्न
Make a detailed study of finding time with the help of longitudes. Give one practical example.
An important programme was to be broadcast from Mumbai at 7.30 p.m. This was heard by some Indian sailors near Ivory Coast in West Africa at 20°W longitude. What was the local time there?
What is the longitude of a place where the local time 1:15 p.m. when it is 4 a.m. at Chicago (88°W)?
Why are there 180 parallels of latitude?
What adjustment has to be made when ships cross the International Date Line?
OR
Explain why a day appears to be lost in sailing round the world from east to west and gained when travelling from west to east.
What will be the local time at Madras 80°E? When it is 9 P.M. in New York at 74° W?
Russia extends over ______ time zones.
When it is 7.30 pm on August 16 in Greenwich, it is ______ (time) on ______ (date) in Chennai.
True or False.
The standard longitude for Indian time is the 64° longitude.
True or False.
The time at a place in the east of Greenwich is ahead of that in Greenwich.
