Find out:
1. Why 82°30'E has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India?
2. Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir ?
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The Earth has been divided into 24 time zones of one hour each. Each of these zones covers 15 degrees of longitude.
As the local time differs by 4 minutes at every longitude, it would create a lot of confusion regarding time for any country as a whole which may stretch across several longitudes.
Therefore each country selects a central meridian and the local time of this meridian is the standard time of that country.
The local times which lie on different meridians are bound to differ.
The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat.
This causes a time lag of 2 hrs from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh to avoid confusion and to have a standard time for reference, The 82.30'Eastern Longitude has been taken as the standard time for the whole country.
The local time at this Meridian has been accepted as the Indian Standard Time (IST) throughout the country because it passes through the middle of the country.
It has helped to avoid a lot of confusion which would have been there by following different local times or in absence of a uniform time
. This is due to the fact that Kanyakumari being towards south of India is located near the equator , while Kashmir is away from the equator (in the temperate zone).
Since days and nights are of almost equal length near the equator , Kanyakumari hardly experiences differences in durations of days and nights , but Kashmir experiences longer days and shorter nights in summer , and shorter days and longer nights in winter (as most places do).Hence, difference between the duration of day and night hardly felt in Kanyakumari but not so in Kashmir.
Answer:
1. because of there is two hours of time lags in between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh