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Why is 82°30′ E taken as the Standard Meridian of India?
Original Khojo Papers practice question — not from a past board paper.
Answer
It passes roughly through the middle of the country, near Mirzapur, so the local time there is a fair compromise for the whole. Being a multiple of 7½°, it also gives a standard time exactly 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich, which is convenient.
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Explanation
Without a standard meridian the time in Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat would differ by about two hours.
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