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UPSC 2025: 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?
(a)All five
(b)Only four
(c)Only three
(d)Only two
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Including their overseas and dependent territories, the United Kingdom and Australia each span 9 time zones, while Denmark and New Zealand each span 5. Brazil spans only 4. Thus 4 of the 5 listed countries have more than four time zones ([worldatlas.com](https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/timezonz.htm)).
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2025, GS Paper 1, as Question 76. It falls under Geography > World Geography.
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