Name: The Importance of Standard Time
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 21 s
Description: Time zones vary from place to place. To maintain uniformity, countries adopt standard time. But what is India's standard time, and how is it measured?

Question

The Eastern Hemisphere is to the east of the 0˚ longitude and the Western Hemisphere is to its west. Keeping this in mind, using a map find out the longitudinal coordinates of India. Also, fill up the table for the other countries.

COUNTRY	LONGITUDINAL COORDINATES	COUNTRY	LONGITUDINAL COORDINATES
India	$68 ° E t o 97 ° E$	Pakistan
Egypt		Canada
Russia		USA
Australia		Mexico

Accepted Answer

COUNTRY LONGITUDINAL COORDINATES COUNTRY LONGITUDINAL COORDINATES

India $68 ° E t o 97 ° E$ Pakistan $60 ° E t o 77 ° E$

Egypt $25 ° E t o 35 ° E$ Canada $53 ° W t o 141 ° W$

Russia $19 ° E t o 169 ° W$ USA $53 ° W t o 180 ° W$

Australia $113 ° E t o 153 ° E$ Mexico $87 ° W t o 117 ° W$

Longitudes are the angular distance of the place East or West of the Greenwich line. It shows West to East extent of any country. There are 180 longitudes East and 180 longitudes West of the Greenwich line.

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