Question

Read the map in the fig and answer the following questions:

1. How many divisions can you see in the map?
2. What do these divisions signify?
3. What does the term ‘behind the GMT’ mean ?
4. Which part of Brazil is ahead of the other ?
5. By how many minutes is this part ahead of others?
6. What does the red line in the map show?

Answer 1

1. We can see 4 divisions in the map.
2. These divisions signify the time zones in Brazil.
3. The Greenwich Meridian Time is a time set with reference to 0° longitude that passes through Greenwich. The countries lying to the west of 0° longitude are ’behind the GMT’.
4. The easternmost part of Brazil is ahead of the other parts.
5. 60 to 180 minutes.
6. The red line in the map is the official BRT which is in the GMT-03 time zone. It is 3 hours behind GMT.