give me some geographical time sums as practice for exam
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● If it is 12 noon at 15 degrees west longitude, what time is it at the prime meridian?
● You are traveling east from Japan to San Diego. As you are just about to fly across the International Dateline (IDL), it is 8 AM on Wednesday. What time is it right after you cross the IDL?
● If it is 4 PM at 105 degrees east longitude, what time is it at 60 degrees east longitude?
● It is 3:00 PM on Tuesday at 135 degrees east longitude? What time is it at 150 degrees west?
● It is 10:00 AM on Monday at 120 degrees west longitude. What time is at 0 degrees?
● It is 10:00 AM on Thursday at 135 degrees west longitude. What time is it at 60 degrees west?
● An important program was to be broadcast from Mumbai at 7:30 p.m. This was heard by some Indian sailors near Ivory Coast in West Africa at 20° W longitude. What was the local time there?
● What is the local time at a place whose longitude is 79°W, when it is 4 a.m. at Chicago (88° W)?
● Calculate the time at Durban (longitude 30° E) when the time is 7:00 a.m. at New York (75° W).
● Calculate the longitude of a place where the local time is 6:00 a.m., when the time is 9:00 p.m. at New Delhi on longitude 77° E.
● Calculate the local time at Singapore (104° E) when it is 6:00 p.m. at Greenwich.
● Calculate the local time of a place where the longitude is 10°E when it is 00:40hrs at Tokyo (140°E).
What is the time and day at a place located at 73° W when it is Sunday 10:30 p.m. at Shillong (92° E)?
● Place X is situated at 25°W longitude while place Y is situated at 55°W. Which place will experience the sunrise first? Also find the difference in the time of sunrise of the two places. [2]
● What is the time and day at place X situated at 25°N latitude and 33°E longitude when it is 2.30 a.m. on Friday at place Y situated at 30°S latitude and 25°E longitude? [2]
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