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MCQ on Class 6 Geography Latitudes and Longitudes

MCQ on Class 6 Geography Latitudes and Longitudes

 

What is the shape of the Earth?

  1. a) Spherical
  2. b) Cylindrical
  3. c) Cuboid
  4. d) Flattened at the poles and bulging in the middle

Answer: d) Flattened at the poles and bulging in the middle

 

What is a globe?

  1. a) A miniature form of the Earth
  2. b) A flat map of the Earth
  3. c) A cylindrical representation of the Earth
  4. d) A three-dimensional model of the Moon

Answer: a) A miniature form of the Earth

 

 

Which line divides the Earth into two equal parts?

  1. a) Meridian
  2. b) Equator
  3. c) Tropic of Cancer
  4. d) Tropic of Capricorn

Answer: b) Equator

 

What are the two halves of the Earth called?

  1. a) Eastern and Western Hemisphere
  2. b) Northern and Southern Hemisphere
  3. c) Upper and Lower Hemisphere
  4. d) Day and Night Hemisphere

Answer: b) Northern and Southern Hemisphere

 

What is the measurement of the distance from the equator to either of the poles?

  1. a) 180 degrees
  2. b) 270 degrees
  3. c) 360 degrees
  4. d) 90 degrees

Answer: d) 90 degrees

 

What are the parallel circles from the equator to the poles called?

  1. a) Meridians
  2. b) Longitudes
  3. c) Tropics
  4. d) Parallels of latitudes

Answer: d) Parallels of latitudes

 

If a place is located at 35° north latitude, how would it be indicated?

  1. a) 35° E latitude
  2. b) 35° W latitude
  3. c) 35° N latitude
  4. d) 35° S latitude

Answer: c) 35° N latitude

 

What happens to the size of the parallels of latitude as we move away from the equator?

  1. a) They increase in size
  2. b) They remain constant
  3. c) They decrease in size
  4. d) They become irregular

Answer: c) They decrease in size

 

Which parallel of latitude is located at 23½° N?

  1. a) Tropic of Cancer
  2. b) Tropic of Capricorn
  3. c) Arctic Circle
  4. d) Antarctic Circle

Answer: a) Tropic of Cancer

 

Which parallel of latitude is located at 23½° S?

  1. a) Tropic of Cancer
  2. b) Tropic of Capricorn
  3. c) Arctic Circle
  4. d) Antarctic Circle

Answer: b) Tropic of Capricorn

 

At what latitude is the Arctic Circle located?

  1. a) 23½° N
  2. b) 23½° S
  3. c) 66½° N
  4. d) 66½° S

Answer: c) 66½° N

 

At what latitude is the Antarctic Circle located?

  1. a) 23½° N
  2. b) 23½° S
  3. c) 66½° N
  4. d) 66½° S

Answer: d) 66½° S

 

Which latitudes experience the mid-day sun being exactly overhead at least once a year?

  1. a) Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle
  2. b) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  3. c) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle
  4. d) Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

Answer: b) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

 

What is the area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn called?

  1. a) Arctic Circle
  2. b) Antarctic Circle
  3. c) Temperate Zone
  4. d) Torrid Zone

Answer: d) Torrid Zone

 

Where does the mid-day sun never shine overhead?

  1. a) Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle
  2. b) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
  3. c) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle
  4. d) Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle

Answer: c) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle

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