Question

Assertion [A]: The northeastern states have been demanding a seperate timezone apart from the Indian Standard Time (IST).

Reason [R]: In the northeast, the sunrise and sunset timings are highly unsynchronised with the official working hours based on IST.

Read the above given statements and select the option that is true.

• A. Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are correct but Reason [R] is not the correct explanation of Assertion [A]
• B. Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are incorrect.
• C. Assertion [A] is correct but Reason [R] is incorrect.
• D. Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are correct and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion [A].

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are correct and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion [A].

India has only one timezone due to political and economic reasons. The Northeast have long complained about the effect of a single time zone on their lives and their economies. India’s time meridian passes through Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh. It is roughly halfway between the country’s westernmost and easternmost points. The time difference between these two point is just short of two hours. The sun rises and sets much earlier on the eastern side than it does on the western side.