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What is the most correct reason for indirectly linking India's longitudinal extent with economic activities?

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Correct answer: Standard time helps coordinate transport, communication and trade

The governing concept is the relationship between longitude and local time. Earth rotates 360 degrees in approximately 24 hours, so a difference of 1° longitude corresponds to about 4 minutes of local-time difference. India's considerable east–west extent could therefore produce different local times. A common standard time reduces this complication and allows railway schedules, banking, telecommunications, markets and business operations to work on a coordinated clock. Option A correctly identifies this indirect economic link. The other options incorrectly assign longitudes a biological, wave-counting or area-measurement function.

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LongitudeStandard TimeEconomic CoordinationLocal TimeSize And ExtentIndia LocationGeographyClass 11 Mcq

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