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Q:

The Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower of ______.

  • 1
    Hamirpur
  • 2
    Rampur
  • 3
    Mirzapur
  • 4
    Sambalpur
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Answer : 3. "Mirzapur"
Explanation :

Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur nearly exactly on the reference longitude of IST at 82°30'E, within four angular minutes. In 1905, the meridian passing east of Allahabad was declared as a standard time zone for British India and was declared as IST in 1947 for the Dominion of India.

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