Question

Westernmost point in India is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
A. Rajasthan
B. Gir range
C. Ghuar Moti
D. Lakhpal

Answer 1

Hint:
- This place is located on the 23.6185 degrees North and 68.5277 degrees East coordinates and near Sir Creek which is India’s disputed territory.
- Being located in the westernmost point In India, the sun sets at the last place in this region.

Complete answer:
India is located in the Northern Hemisphere of the globe, extending from 8 degrees 4 minutes North latitude to 37 degrees 6 minutes north latitude. Longitudinally it lies between 68 degrees 7 minutes East to 97 degrees 25 minutes East.
It's north to south extent is about 3214 kilometres and East to West extent is 2933 kilometres.

Extreme points of India in four main directions:

Easternmost point: The easternmost point of India is the tiny town of Kibithu in Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh. From Kibithu, the Lohit River enters India.

Westernmost point: Ghuar Moti, which is a small inhabited village, situated in the Kutch District of Gujarat, is the westernmost point of India.

Northernmost point: It is in the Siachen Glacier, near Indira Col, located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas.

Southernmost point: Kanyakumari is the southernmost point of the Indian mainland and in the whole of India (including Islands) Indira point located in Andaman and Nicobar Island is the southernmost point of India.

Therefore, the correct answer is C

Note:
As with every 1 degree longitude time difference is about 4 minutes, thus due to large longitudinal difference between the westernmost and the eastern part of India, the sun rises in Arunachal Pradesh two hours earlier than Gujarat. Even in the British period, India had two time zones, one being the Bombay time zone and the other is Calcutta timezone. Even today in Assam many tea growing regions follow a different local time zone which is one hour ahead than the Indian standard time. This time zone is called Chai Bagan Time zone. But officially India has only one time zone.