The standard time of the following countries is ahead or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are east or west of the longitude passing through Greenwich : I. > Cuba II. > Greece III. > Iraq IV. > Costa Rica V. Japan Which one of the follo

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Q: 11 (IAS/1995)
The standard time of the following countries is ahead or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are east or west of the longitude passing through Greenwich :
I. Cuba
II. Greece
III. Iraq
IV. Costa Rica
V. Japan
Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?

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Geography

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IAS

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The correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is Japan (option V), Iraq (option III), Greece (option II), Cuba (option I), and Costa Rica (option IV).

Japan is in the Eastern Hemisphere (ahead of GMT) and is 9 hours ahead of GMT. Iraq is also in the Eastern Hemisphere and is 3 hours ahead of GMT, Greece is 2 hours ahead of GMT.

Cuba is in the Western Hemisphere (behind GMT) and is -5 hours behind GMT. Costa Rica also in the Western Hemisphere, is behind by -6 hours of GMT.

So if we arrange these countries from furthest ahead of GMT to furthest behind, the correct order will be V, III, II, I, IV making option 1 the correct answer.

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