Question

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1.
a. Longitude
b. Prime Meridian
c. International Date Line
it is 10:44
d. GMT
2.
3.
East
Differentiate between local time and standard time with examples.
What is the relationship between time and longitude? What are the things to be
considered while calculating local time on the basis of longitude of a place?
4. Give reasons for the following statements.
a. The countries like the USA and Russia have adopted more than one standard time.
b. International Date Line is irregular in shape.
c. The sun rises in llam about half an hour earlier than in Kanchanpur.
d. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
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Kathman
of Kolka
Answer the following questions each in a single sentence.
a. How long does the earth take to cover 1° longitude?
b. Why should we make the clock advanced when we go to Japan from Nepal?
c. How many degrees of longitudes are there in total?
d. From which longitude, Nepal's standard time has been determined?
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Answer 1

Answer these questions:-a.The earth takes 4minutes to cover 1 degree longitude.B.Time in Nepal is GET plus 5:45 and time in Japan is GMT plus 9 which clearly means Japan is ahead in time than Nepal . Therefore,we need to advance our clock when we go to Japan from Nepal.C.There are 360 degrees of longitude are there in total.D.Nepal is 5 hours and 45 minutes ahead of GET,because it sets the meridian of Nepal standard time at Gaurishankhar,a mountain east of Kathmandu.

Give reason:-c.ans:-The sun rises in Ilam about half an hour earlier than in kanchanpur because Kanchanpur and Ilam are both districts of Nepal which are situated in two different areas of the Nepal.The Ilam is situated in the eastern part of Nepal and the Kanchanpur is situated in the western part of the Nepal . For this same reason the sunrise of Islam is earlier than the Kanchanpur.