Study the map given in figure and answer. Calculate the difference between the two longitudinal extremes of mainland India. Is it more than Brazil?

Question

Study the map given in figure and answer the following questions:

1.Calculate the difference between the two longitudinal extremes of mainland India. Is it more than Brazil?

2.Which longitude in India is called the Indian Standard Time (IST)?

3.What is the difference between IST and the GMT?

4.How many local times are there in India?

5.How much is the time difference between the western most and the eastern most points of India?

Answer 1

1.The difference between the two longitudinal extremes of east and west mainland India is about 29°.

2.The 82° 30′ E longitude is called Indian Standard Time (IST)

3.The IST time is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the GMT.

4.There are 29 local times.

5.Two hours, 120 minutes