Question

While the sun rises earlier in the east, say Nagaland and also sets earlier, how do the watches at Kohima and New Delhi show the same time?
NCERT Solutions for Class 11th Geography India Physical Environment Chapter 1 Exercise 2(iv)

Answer 1

This is because the time across India is set according to IST (Indian standard time) which is the center longitude of India which divides equalbtime in India