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Geography Study Material - Local Time and Standard Time

 

LOCAL TIME:

 

The overhead position of the Sun will be taken as 12 noon is known as local time to that longitude.

 

è If we take the local time for calculated time of any Country there aroused various number of problems in each Country.

 

è In order to overcome the problems aroused due to that Scientist designed a new concept known as Standard time at New York conference in 1883.

 

STANDARD TIME:

 

It is that time of any country they erased various number of problems in each country.

 

   è Indian standard time measured with the help of 82 ½0  E longitude. It is passing through 5 Indian states and 1 administrative unit of Pondicherry Union is such as

 

                         (a) Andhra Pradesh (Kakinada)

                         (b) Orissa (Karafuto)

                         (c) Chhattisgarh (Raipur)

                         (d) M.P (Rewa and Jabalpur)

                         (e) U.P (Allahabad, Varanasi, Mirzapur)

                         (f) Pondicherry (Yanam)

 

   è The other 2 Countries which are also taking the 82 ½0  E longitude as their Standard Meridian are 1. SRILANKA 2. NEPAL.


   è The country which is having highest number of standard times is Russia i.e. 9 (before it was 11). After Russia 2. U.S.A-6    3. CANADA-5    4. AUSTRALIA-3.


   è Indian standard time 5 ½  hrs a head to the Green witch local time.


   è International standard time is calculated with the help of Green witch longitude as such the local time of  0longitude is called as International Standard Time / Green witch mean time.


   è 1800 longitude is also called as International Date Line.


   è Earth takes 24 hrs to make 1 rotation i.e. to complete 360longitudinal distance.


   è It takes 4 min to cross the 1 longitude as per this Earth is divided into 24 time zones each zone having the variations of 1 hr time.


   è Any person moving towards East from the local time has to be added to the local time whatever he has to taken and also when a person moving towards the West from any local time he has to subtract whatever time he has taken from the local time.

 

INTERNATIONAL DATELINE: 180LONGITUDE

 

PROBLEM: A person started moving from 0longitudes on Sunday evening 6’o clock towards east and wants to reach 1800 E longitude then what is the time he has to require and what is the day he will be reached to that place? Simultaneously other person started towards west from 0then what is the time he has to require to reach 1800  W longitude and what is the day he will be reached to that place?


Sol:   I.  (a) We have to travel 180E (longitudinal distance)

              (b)  10  => 4 mins

                      1800  => ?               

                     180x4 = 720 = 12 hrs

             (c) Direction is towards east.

            (d) As distance travelling towards east, we have to add the time difference to the local time.

                      => Sunday 6 p.m + 12 hrs

                      => Monday 6 a.m


          II.   (a) We have to travel 1800 W

             (b)  180x4 = 12 hrs

           (c) Towards west

           (d) As direction is west, we have to subtract

                        => Sunday 6 p.m – 12 hrs

                        => Sunday 6 a.m


(a) International dateline passing through pacific ocean by crossing the Baren street, Aleution Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati Islands, Tonga Islands.

(b) International dateline is not the ---1800 exactly but it is a jig-saw / curved line running along with the 1800. It is virtually to be called as International dateline.

 

PROBLEM:

 

I. It is morning 6’0 clock in England then what is the time in India?

Sol:   1. 82 ½0

                 2. 1          => 4 min

                82 ½0    =>?

                 82.5x4 = 5 ½ hrs

          3. Added to 6 + 5 ½ = 11:30 a.m

 

II. If there is the time evening 4’o clock on 1000 E longitudes which is passing through TOKYO then what is the time in JAMICA located on 100 W longitudes?

Sol:  110x4 = 7 hrs 20 min

         West 16:00 - 7:20 = 8:40 mins

 

III. P.M Manmohan Singh gave his speech on agreement 123 in New York at 8 a.m, the people of India receive that speech at evening 4 p.m on doordarshan on direct relay then what is the longitudinal distance between New York and India.

Sol :   New York                           India

              8 a.m                                4 p.m

                 8 hrs   82 ½ E longitude

10  => 4 mins

?   => 8x60

 

   ð  (8x60)/4   = 120W longitude

 

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