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प्रश्न
Give a reason for the following:
The Greenwich time is called Greenwich Mean Time.
उत्तर
The time of any place or country is calculated according to the 0° longitude or Greenwich meridian, the time change is of 4 minutes for every 0° longitude. So it is called Greenwich Mean Time.
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