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Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 6Social StudiesGlobe: Latitudes and Longitudes5 Marks
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What is Standard Time?
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Standard Time:
  1. Local time of a place is based on the longitude of that place. It means places situated on different meridians will have different local tidies.
  2. It creates much confusion and problem for people to function.
  3. To solve these problems every country fixes its central meridian, which is considered the standard meridian of that country.
  4. The local time of this meridian is considered standard for the whole country. It is called standard time.
  5. In India the longitude of $82\frac{1}{2}^\circ \text{E}(82 ^\circ30^\circ \text{E})$is treated as the standard meridian.
  6. The local time of this meridian is followed all over the country.
  7. This is known as Indian Standard Time (IST).
  8. Through an international agreement, the local time of all places is linked to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Different places have different times.

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