Question

The Indian Standard Time corresponds to the longitude ______ degrees East.
1. 82.5
2. 76.5
3. 79.5
4. 85.5

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : 82.5

The correct answer is 82.5.

• The Indian Standard Time corresponds to the longitude 82.5 degrees East.
• It passes through Mirzapur city in Uttar Pradesh.

• Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the name for mean solar time of the longitude zero degree of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in England.
• The meridian at this longitude is called the prime meridian or Greenwich meridian.
• The International Date Line passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean at 180 degrees longitude is an imaginary line which distinguishes one calendar day.