Question

What is the longitudinal extent of India?State its two implications.

Answer 1

The longitudinal extent of india is: 68 degree 7'E and 97 degree 25'E....

Answer 2

Answer:

The longitudinals extent of India is 68°7 E and 97° 25 E.

Explanation:

The difference in longitude is around 30 degree.

Its implications are-

1) The longitudinal extent affects the local time for different states in our country.

2)The longitudinal extent of India is about 30 Degrees for every   the eastern hemisphere.   As a result of this   variation, Arunachal Pradesh is nearly 2 hours ahead of   Gujarat in local time. In order to avoid this difference of 2   hours, 82 Degree 30 Minutes longitude has been selected as   the standard meridian of India.

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