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UPSC 2025: Consider the following statements: I. Anadyr in Siberia and Nome in Alaska are a few kilometres from each other, but when people are waking up and getting set for breakfast in these cities, it would be different days. II. When it is Monday in Anadyr, it is Tuesday in Nome. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)I only
(b)II only
(c)Both I and II
(d)Neither I nor II
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (d) Neither I nor II
Anadyr is in Russia’s UTC + 12 zone ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anadyr_%28town%29)) and Nome, Alaska is in the UTC − 9 zone ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Time_Zone?utm_source=openai))—a 21-hour difference. They are roughly 800 km apart across the Bering Sea, not “a few kilometres,” and when it is Monday in Anadyr it is still Sunday (not Tuesday) in Nome. Therefore both statements are incorrect.
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