Why is there a time variation of 2 hours between the easternmost and westernmost part of the country?

Why is there a time variation of 2 hours between the easternmost an

1.	Why is there a time variation of 2 hours between the easternmost and westernmost part of the country?
Answer» Solution :Longitudinal extent of India is `68^(@)7.` to `97^(@)25. E-(29^(@))`. There is time variation of 2 hours between eastern most and the westernmost parts of our country. The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat. This is because the earth is tilted and also it rotates in EAST to west direction. So while rotation, the eastern parts of the world experiences the sun rays earlier as compared to the western parts of the world. 1 degree = 4 minutes `"30 degree" = 4 XX 30 = 120` minutes 120 minutes = 2 hours