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प्रश्न
What is meant by IDL? State its importance.
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.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
Diametrically opposite lines of longitude and the Equator are called Great Circles.
Give a reason for the following:
The Greenwich time is called Greenwich Mean Time.
With reference to the International Date Line, state the following:
It is meaning and application.
Calculate the location of a place where the local time is noon when it is 7.30 p.m. at Greenwich.
Why are there 180 parallels of latitude?
Why are letters E or W added to longitude values?
Why do some countries have many time zones?
OR
What are ‘Time Zones’?
Give a reason for the following :
A person, travelling from Mumbai to London, alters the time on his watch at several places.
What will be local time at Delhi 77° E longitude when it is 3 p.m. at Tokyo 139°E longitude?
India is located in this hemisphere based on lines of longitude.
