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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 76

Topic: World and physical geography

Q76

Consider the following countries :

I. United Kingdom

II. Denmark

III. New Zealand

IV. Australia

V. Brazil

How many of the above countries have more than four time zones?

  1. (a) All the five
  2. (b) Only fourCorrect answer
  3. (c) Only three
  4. (d) Only two

Solution.

Answer: (b) Only four

  1. Items I, II, III and IV are correct: including overseas and dependent territories, the United Kingdom (9 time zones), Australia (8-9 time zones), New Zealand (5 time zones across the Realm of New Zealand including Chatham, Tokelau, Niue, and Cook Islands), and Denmark (5 time zones across Denmark and Greenland) each have more than four time zones.
  2. Item V is incorrect: Brazil spans exactly four time zones (UTC-2, UTC-3, UTC-4, and UTC-5), which is not 'more than four'.