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प्रश्न
What do you mean by meridians?
उत्तर
Lines of longitude.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
An important programme was to be broadcast from Mumbai at 7.30 p.m. This was heard by some Indian sailors near Ivory Coast in West Africa at 20°W longitude. What was the local time there?
Calculate the time at Durban (longitude 30°E) when the time is 7.00 a.m. at New York (75°W).
Calculate the local time in Singapore (104°E) when it is 6.00 p.m. at Greenwich.
What is the importance of Tropic of Capricorn?
How can you say that the use of ‘Local Time’ is very inconvenient nowadays in practical life?
Give a reason for the following :
All parallel other than equator are not Great Circles.
What adjustment has to be made when ships cross the International Date Line?
OR
Explain why a day appears to be lost in sailing round the world from east to west and gained when travelling from west to east.
(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’?
Statement I: The lines of latitude on Earth are used to find the location of a place and define the heat zones on Earth.
Statement II: The lines of longitudes on Earth are used to find the location of a place and to calculate time.
Choose the correct option:
What are Western Longitudes?
