Sunrise in eastern Arunachal Pradesh would be about how many hour
| Sunrise in eastern Arunachal Pradesh would be about how many hours before the sunrise in western Gujarat?
A. One hour
B. Two hours
C. Three hours
D. Four hours
E. None of the Above/ More than one of Above
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Right Answer is: B
SOLUTION
The correct answer is Option 2, i.e Two Hours.
- The longitudinal extent between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh, the two extreme western and eastern states of the country respectively, is about 30°.
- It is due to this factor, that the time lag between the two states is two hours.
- Earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours.
- So, it moves around 15 degrees in 1 hour.
- Using this, we can say that it would move 30 degrees in two hours which is the answer.
- Sun rises earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat.
- The Indian Standard Time is taken from the time of Standard Meridian of India.
- This is the reason why despite the time lag of sunrise and sunset, both show the same timings.