Question

Why 82°30'E is selected as standard meridian? For 3marks

Answer 1

Answer:

Because the time of India is + 5:30 to GMT .Each angle is four minutes

Answer 2

Answer:

The 82 degree 30 east :

Explanation:

Because there is a lot of confusion between it

So for avoiding it we selected it.

Actually there are three longitudes and middle one is 82 degree 30 east.

The standard meridian helps us also ;there is 2 hours difference between Gujarat and arunachal pradesh and the standard meridian passes through Mirzapur in uttarpradesh