Q1. Write full form of the following abbreviations :
1. NIST
2. NPL
3. a.m
4. p.m
Q2. Answer the following questions in one or two sentence each :
1. Define - Prime Meridian
2. What is Standard time?
3.Which longitude is used for calculating the Indian Standard
Time?
4. Into how many time zones is the world
divided ?
Answers
Flowers reproduce when the pollen is carried by an unknowing participant to another flower's stigma. Minus bad pickup lines, one-night stands, and other social complexities, plants actually do have sex. ... The “male” portion of the flower is the pollen-loaded stamen, while the egg-holding pistil is the “female” part.
Answer:
Full Form:
1.NIST: National institution of standard and technology
2.NPL: Non-performing Loan
3.a.m: Anti Meridiam
4.p.m: Post Meridiam
One Word Answer:
1. the prime meridian divides Earth into the eastern Hemisphere and western hemisphere.
2.Standard time or civil time in a region deviates a fixed, round amount, usually a whole number of hours, from some form of Universal Time, now usually UTC.
3.Indian Standard Time is calculated on the basis of 82.5 degrees east longitude from the clock tower in Mirzapur near Allahabad Uttar Pradesh, which is situated approximately on the corresponding longitude reference line.
4.The world is divided into 24 time zones. The course of one day is broken down to the seconds and calculated to define the correct time of a particular place.