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प्रश्न
What is the difference between Prime Meridian and other meridians of longitude?
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उत्तर
Other meridians of longitude are the lines which join all places having the same angular distance, east or west, of the Prime Meridian.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Calculate the longitude of a place where the local time is 6.00 a.m. when the time is 9.00 p.m. at New Delhi on longitude 77° E.
What is the time and day at Mumbai (73°E) when it is Sunday at 10.30 p.m. at Shillong (92°E)? Give a reason to support your answer.
Give a reason for the following :
“The International Date Line is not a straight line coinciding with longitude 180 degrees.” Why?
Explain why the lines of longitude are called meridians of longitude?
(a) What is the rule of changing the date while crossing the international date line?
(b) What is meant by ‘six-day week’ and ‘eight-day week’?
Why is it 5.30 p.m in India when it is 12.00 noon in London?
Tick the correct answer.
The value of the prime meridian is
Fill in the blanks.
The Standard Meridian of India is ____________________.
True or False.
The time at a place in the east of Greenwich is ahead of that in Greenwich.
What is known as Eastern Hemisphere?
