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Geographic Grid: Latitudes and Longitudes — Geography STD 9 — Question

ICSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9GeographyGeographic Grid: Latitudes and Longitudes2 Marks
Question
What is “Greenwich Mean Time”?
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Answer

 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT):- It is based on 0° longitude of a place of this name near London. GMT is adopted uniformly by all countries to keep time. It forms the basis of fixing Time Zones.

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