Previous Year Question

The question counts the mainland of a country together with its associated overseas, external or dependent territories.

United Kingdom—more than four time zones: The British mainland follows one principal standard time zone. However, the inclusion of Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Pitcairn Islands, the British Indian Ocean Territory and other overseas territories extends it across several time zones.

Denmark—more than four time zones: The Kingdom of Denmark includes mainland Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Greenland’s extensive geographical spread and its different regions, together with the Faroe Islands and mainland Denmark, account for more than four time zones.

New Zealand—more than four time zones: Besides the principal islands of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, Tokelau, the Cook Islands and Niue follow different time zones. When these associated territories are included, the total exceeds four.

Australia—more than four time zones: Mainland Australia has western, central and eastern standard time zones. The inclusion of Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Norfolk Island and other external territories takes the number beyond four.

Brazil—not more than four: Brazil has exactly four standard time zones—UTC−2, UTC−3, UTC−4 and UTC−5. It therefore does not satisfy the condition of having “more than four” time zones.

Thus, the United Kingdom, Denmark, New Zealand and Australia—a total of four countries—have more than four time zones.