[Solved] The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it : [I. Tax & Central Excise 1990]

Q.	The International Date Line makes slight deviation from 180° meridian so that it : [I. Tax & Central Excise 1990]
A.	divides the land masses under the same administration
B.	does not divide the Bering strait
C.	does not divide a group of islands under the same administration
D.	divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal halves
Answer» C. does not divide a group of islands under the same administration

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