DRAINAGE OF INDIA
INDIAN DRAINAGE
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2.30 hrs
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3.30 hrs
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5.30 hrs
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4.30 hrs
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Detailed explanation-1: -India Standard Time ( IST ) is 5:30 hours (5 hours 30 minutes) ahead of Greenwich Mean Time .
Detailed explanation-2: -IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PLACE OR THE LATITUDES AT WHICH THESE PLACES ARE PRESENT, THE IST( INDIAN STANDARD TIME) IS AT 82’30 AND THE GMT (GREENWICH MERIDIAN TIME) IS PRESENT AT THE 0 THE EARTH ROTATES FROM WEST TO EAST WHICH CAUSES THE SUNLIGHT TO REACH INDIA FASTER AND BEFORE GMT AT LONDON . SO IST IS 5 HRS.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. India Standard Time (IST) is 5:30 hours (5 hours 30 minutes) ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+5.5).
Detailed explanation-4: -UTC+5:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in India and Sri Lanka, and was formerly used in Nepal. It is five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Around 1.4 billion people live inside this time zone, making it the second-most populous after UTC+08:00. UTC+05:30.
Detailed explanation-5: -The longitude of 82°5’E passing through Naini near Prayagraj was chosen as the standard meridian for the whole country, because there is a time lag of more than an hour between western India (around +05:00) and northeastern India (around +06:00), hence approximately standardizing with UTC+05:30 of central India.