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?
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Answer: B. Counting overseas territories, the UK has 9 time zones, Australia 9 (with its external territories), Denmark 5 (with Greenland and the Faroe Islands) and New Zealand 5 (with the Chatham Islands, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau). Brazil has exactly 4, which is not more than four. So only four countries qualify.
Watch for: Small countries like the UK and Denmark get many time zones from their far-off overseas territories, while big Brazil has only four.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Brazil has only four time zones, so not all five qualify.
- C. Four countries, not three, have more than four time zones.
- D. Four countries, not two, have more than four time zones.
Source to check: timeanddate.com country time zone pages (UK, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil); NCERT Class 6 'The Earth: Our Habitat' for the concept of standard time
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