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प्रश्न
What is meant by IDL? State its importance.
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उत्तर
IDL means the International Date Line, which is along 180° E & W. The date or day changes while crossing this line i.e. while there is Monday in the Eastern Hemisphere i.e.
0° – 180°E, there will be Sunday in the Western Hemisphere i. e. 0° – 180° W.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Calculate the local time in Singapore (104°E) when it is 6.00 p.m. at Greenwich.
What is “Greenwich Mean Time”?
How can you say that the use of ‘Local Time’ is very inconvenient nowadays in practical life?
Give a reason for the following :
All parallel other than equator are not Great Circles.
What do you mean by “Meridians or Lines of Longitude”?
What is the local time when it is noon at a place?
Fill in the blanks.
The Standard Meridian of India is ____________________.
True or False.
The standard longitude for Indian time is the 64° longitude.
The area found between 0° and 180° E lines of longitude is called.
Statement I: The lines of latitude on Earth are used to find the location of a place and define the heat zones on Earth.
Statement II: The lines of longitudes on Earth are used to find the location of a place and to calculate time.
Choose the correct option:
