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प्रश्न
What is the “Prime Meridian”?
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उत्तर
The Prime (or First) Meridian is the meridian from which longitude is measured. It is numbered. 0° longitude. It is the meridian which passes through Greenwich (near London). Thus the Prime Meridian is also called the Greenwich line.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a reason for the lines of longitude are also called Meridians of longitude.
Give a reason the greenwich time is called Greenwich Mean Time.
Calculate the local time in Singapore (104°E) when it is 6.00 p.m. at Greenwich.
Into how many time zones, has the world been divided?
How is the longitude of a place determined?
Why do some countries have many time zones?
OR
What are ‘Time Zones’?
Give a reason for the following :
When it is noon at Cairo (30°E), the local time in New York (75°W) is 5.00 a.m.
A ship crossing international dateline at mid-night on Wednesday Eastwards, find that it is mid-night Tuesday on the American side. Why?
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The 0° Meridian is also known as ____________________.
Fill in the blanks.
The distance between the longitudes decreases towards___________.
