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- 1. Multiple ChoiceLongitude lines run from north to south.TrueFalse
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is there at 90 degrees North?
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
North Pole
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIs the Tropic of Cancer ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator?AboveBelow
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?Prime MeridianEquatorNorth PoleSouth Pole
- 5. Multiple Choice
What type of lines are latitude and longitude ?
Imaginary lines that divide the Earth
Visible lines that divide the Earth
Long and short lines that divide the Earth
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe map show the lines of longitude.The map shows the lines of latitude.
- 7. Multiple Choice
______ run from east to west .
North Pole
South Pole
Latitude
Longitude
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into which two hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
Western and Eastern
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Western
- 9. Multiple Choice
All parallels north of the equator are called
North latitudes
North longitudes
Prime meridian
Both a and b
- 10. Multiple Choice
All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called
Parallels of latitudes
Parallels of longitudes
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
- 11. Multiple Choice
The area that receives the maximum heat is called
Frigid zone
Torrid zone
Temperate zone
None of these
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a longitude?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic circle
Prime meridian
- 13. Multiple Choice
Latitude 23.5° N is called
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic circle
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic circle
- 14. Multiple Choice
The value of the prime meridian is
90°
0°
231/2°
60°
- 15. Multiple Choice
The Earth rotates from
East to west
West to East
East to South
West to North
- 16. Multiple Choice
The time difference between India and Greenwich is
3 hours 30 minutes
4 hours 30 minutes
5 hours 30 minutes
1 hour 30 minutes
- 17. Multiple Choice
Grid is a network of
Parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes
The tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn
The north pole and South Pole
The Arctic circle and Antarctic circle
- 18. Multiple Choice
The total number of parallels across the globe is
360
181
180
90
- 19. Multiple Choice
The distance between the longitude
Increases towards poles
Decreases towards North pole only
Decreases towards South poles only
Decreases towards poles
- 20. Multiple Choice
Two end point of axis is called
Equator
Grid
Axis
Poles
- 21. Multiple Choice
Northern half of the earth is known as the _____________________ and the southern half is known as the ___________________
Southern Hemisphere and Northern Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- 22. Multiple Choice
Europe, Asia and North America lie in which hemisphere?
Northern
Southern
Western
Eastern
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following letter is at approximately located at 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W?
A
D
E
H
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe map shows lines of longitude.The map shows lines of latitude.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following statements is false about the globe?
It is a true model of the Earth
It is the flat representation of the Earth surface
It shows countries, continents and oceans in their correct size.
It can be rotated the same way as a top spin
- 26. Multiple Choice
What is a globe ?
It is a five dimensional representation of the Earth
It is a four dimensional representation of the earth
It is a two dimensional representation of the Earth
It is a three dimensional representation of the Earth
- 27. Multiple Choice
Why does the torrid zone receive maximum amount of heat
the mid day Sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitude in between the Arctic circles and Antarctic circle
the mid day is exactly overhead at least once a year on frigid zone
the mid day is exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitude between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of cancer
the mid day is not exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitude between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of cancer
- 28. Multiple Choice
The standard meridian of Indian is 82 degree 30
East
South
North
West
- 29. Multiple ChoiceTo locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...where the lines of latitude and longitude meetthe lines of latitude onlythe lines of longitude onlythe compass rose
- 30. Multiple ChoiceAntarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere?NorthernSouthernWesternEastern
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