Time Zones

Geography ⇒ Physical Geography

Time Zones starts at 7 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Time Zones. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.

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Describe the impact of having multiple time zones in a large country like Russia.

Describe the process of calculating local time for a given longitude.

Explain the concept of local time.

Explain the relationship between longitude and time.

Explain why the International Date Line is not a straight line.

Explain why time zones are necessary for the world.

If a flight leaves London (0°) at 10:00 AM GMT and takes 5 hours to reach Delhi (77°E), what is the local time in Delhi upon arrival?

If a place is located at 90°E longitude, how many hours ahead is it from GMT?

If it is 12:00 noon at Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), what is the time in India (IST)?

If it is 3:00 PM at 60°W, what is the time at 0° longitude?

If it is 6:00 PM in Kolkata (88.4°E), what is the approximate local time in Ahmedabad (72.6°E)?

If the local time at 75°E is 10:00 AM, what will be the local time at 90°E?

If the time at 0° longitude is 2:00 PM, what will be the time at 45°E longitude?

If you travel eastward across the International Date Line, do you gain or lose a day?

Name two countries that have only one time zone despite their large east-west extent.

The time difference between two places is 3 hours. What is the difference in their longitudes?

What is a time zone?

What is the International Date Line?

What is the main disadvantage of having a single time zone in a country with a large east-west extent?

What is the main purpose of the International Date Line?