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Question
How many times would the sun pass overhead a line of longitude?
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Solution
The sun is overhead on a line of longitude only once in a day.
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A person, travelling from Mumbai to London, alters the time on his watch at several places.
State two properties of lines of longitude.
Fill in the blanks.
The distance between the longitudes decreases towards___________.
The time difference between Greenwich and India is ______.
Russia extends over ______ time zones.
True or False.
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The network of lines of latitude and longitude.
