Question

qno 1 Match the words in column A with those in column B Column A Column B (a) International Date Line (0) Greenwich, England (ii) Meridian lying just on the opposite (b) Local Mean Time side of Prime Meridian (c) The British Royal (iii) Standardised time system Observatory​

Answer 1

Answer:

qno 1 Match the words in column A with those in column B Column A Column B (a) International Date Line (0) Greenwich, England (ii) Meridian lying just on the opposite (b) Local Mean Time side of Prime Meridian (c) The British Royal (iii) Standardised time system Observatory

Answer 2

prime meridian - Greenwich

Explanation:

There were two main reasons for the choice. The first was the fact that the USA had already chosen Greenwich as the basis for its own national time zone system. The second was that in the late 19th century, 72% of the world's commerce depended on sea-charts which used Greenwich as the Prime Meridian.

The decision was based on the argument that by naming Greenwich as Longitude 0º, it would be advantageous to the largest number of people. Therefore the Prime Meridian at Greenwich became the centre of world time.