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What is a globe?
A) A miniature form of the earth
B) A type of balloon
C) A pocket-sized map
D) A type of compass
Answer: A
How is the globe rotated?
A) By spinning it on a potter’s wheel
B) By flipping it upside down
C) By moving it from west to east around its axis
D) By shaking it vigorously
Answer: C
What is the equator?
A) An imaginary line that divides the globe into two equal parts
B) A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole
C) A line that divides the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere
D) A line that connects the prime meridian to the international date line
Answer: A
What are latitudes?
A) Parallel circles from the equator up to the poles
B) Lines that connect the North Pole to the South Pole
C) Lines that run from east to west
D) Parallel circles from the prime meridian up to the international date line
Answer: A
What is the purpose of a globe?
A) To show the correct size and location of countries, continents, and oceans
B) To provide a portable map
C) To function as a compass
D) To show the location of the equator
Answer: A
What is the distance from the equator to either of the poles?
A) 360 degrees
B) 180 degrees
C) 90 degrees
D) 45 degrees
Answer: C
What are parallels of latitude?
A) Circles that run parallel to the equator
B) Lines that connect the North Pole to the South Pole
C) Lines that run from east to west
D) Circles that run parallel to the prime meridian
Answer: A
What do we call parallels north of the equator?
A) North latitudes
B) South latitudes
C) East latitudes
D) West latitudes
Answer: A
How do we indicate the direction of a latitude?
A) By using the letter E or W
B) By using the letter N or S
C) By using the letter NE or SW
D) By using the letter NW or SE
Answer: B
How many important parallels of latitudes are there besides the equator, North Pole, and South Pole?
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: B
Which parallel of latitude is located at 23½° N in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Tropic of Sagittarius
B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Arctic Circle
D) Antarctic Circle
Answer: B
Which parallel of latitude is located at 23½° S in the Southern Hemisphere?
A) Tropic of Virgo
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Arctic Circle
D) Antarctic Circle
Answer: B
What is the latitude of the Arctic Circle?
A) 23½° N
B) 23½° S
C) 66½° N
D) 66½° S
Answer: C
Which zone receives the maximum heat and is located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
A) Temperate Zone
B) Frigid Zone
C) Torrid Zone
D) Arctic Zone
Answer: C
On which latitudes does the mid-day sun shine overhead at least once a year?
A) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
B) Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
C) Equator and North Pole
D) South Pole and North Pole
Answer: A
What is the angle of the sun’s rays towards the poles?
A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
C) Constant
D) Varying
Answer: B
What are the areas bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere, called?
A) Frigid Zones
B) Torrid Zones
C) Temperate Zones
D) Equatorial Zones
Answer: C
Which latitude marks the boundary between the Torrid and Temperate Zones in the Northern Hemisphere?
A) Tropic of Sagittarius
B) Tropic of Cancer
C) Arctic Circle
D) Antarctic Circle
Answer: B
Which latitude marks the boundary between the Torrid and Temperate Zones in the Southern Hemisphere?
A) Tropic of Virgo
B) Tropic of Capricorn
C) Arctic Circle
D) Antarctic Circle
Answer: B
What are the areas lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole in the Northern Hemisphere and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole in the Southern Hemisphere called?
a) Frigid Zones
b) Temperate Zones
c) Torrid Zone
d) Arctic Zone
Answer: a) Frigid Zones
What are the lines of references that run from the North Pole to the South Pole called?
a) Parallels of latitude
b) Tropics
c) Meridians of longitude
d) Equator
Answer: c) Meridians of longitude
What is the unit used to measure the distances between meridians of longitude?
a) Degrees of latitude
b) Minutes of latitude
c) Seconds of latitude
d) Degrees of longitude
Answer: d) Degrees of longitude
What is the distance between meridians of longitude at the poles?
a) Zero
b) 90 degrees
c) 180 degrees
d) 360 degrees
Answer: a) Zero
What is the value of the Prime Meridian?
a) 90° longitude
b) 0° longitude
c) 180° longitude
d) 360° longitude
Answer: b) 0° longitude
What is the letter used to indicate the direction of longitude to the east of the Prime Meridian?
a) N
b) S
c) E
d) W
Answer: c) E
What is the letter used to indicate the direction of longitude to the west of the Prime Meridian?
a) N
b) S
c) E
d) W
Answer: d) W
What is the line that divides the earth into two equal halves?
a) Tropic of Cancer
b) Tropic of Capricorn
c) Prime Meridian
d) Equator
Answer: c) Prime Meridian
What is the latitude and longitude of Dhubri in Assam?
a) 26° N latitude and 90° E longitude
b) 90° N latitude and 26° E longitude
c) 26° S latitude and 90° W longitude
d) 90° S latitude and 26° W longitude
Answer: a) 26° N latitude and 90° E longitude
How is the location of a point on the globe determined?
a) By knowing its size and shape
b) By knowing its latitude and altitude
c) By knowing its latitude and longitude
d) By knowing its distance from the equator
Answer: c) By knowing its latitude and longitude
How are meridians of longitude numbered?
a) They are numbered randomly
b) They are numbered from the North Pole to the South Pole
c) They are numbered from the South Pole to the North Pole
d) They are numbered from the Prime Meridian
Answer: d) They are numbered from the Prime Meridian
What is the value of the Prime Meridian?
a) 0° latitude
b) 90° longitude
c) 0° longitude
d) 90° latitude
Answer: c) 0° longitude
How does the 180° East meridian relate to the 180° West meridian?
a) They are parallel to each other
b) They are perpendicular to each other
c) They are on the same line
d) They are opposite to each other
Answer: c) They are on the same line.
What is the best means of measuring time?
a) The movement of the sun and the stars
b) The rotation of the earth
c) The calendar
d) The movement of the moon and planets
Answer: b) The rotation of the earth
How can local time be reckoned?
a) By the movement of the moon
b) By the movement of the planets
c) By the shadow cast by the sun
d) By the rotation of the earth around the sun
Answer: c) By the shadow cast by the sun
When will all the places along the Prime Meridian of Greenwich have mid-day or noon?
a) When the sun is at the highest point in the sky
b) When the sun is at the lowest point in the sky
c) When the sun is rising
d) When the sun is setting
Answer: a) When the sun is at the highest point in the sky
How much does the earth rotate in about 24 hours?
a) 360 degrees
b) 180 degrees
c) 90 degrees
d) 45 degrees
Answer: a) 360 degrees
How much time difference is there for every 15 degrees of longitude?
a) 30 minutes
b) 45 minutes
c) 60 minutes
d) 90 minutes
Answer: c) 60 minutes
What is the reason for differences in local time between places on different meridians?
a) The rotation of the earth
b) The tilt of the earth
c) The movement of the moon
d) The movement of the planets
Answer: a) The rotation of the earth
What is the difference in local time between Dwarka in Gujarat and Dibrugarh in Assam?
a) 1 hour
b) 45 minutes
c) 1 hour and 15 minutes
d) 1 hour and 45 minutes
Answer: d) 1 hour and 45 minutes
What is the longitude of the standard meridian for India?
a) 70° E
b) 75° E
c) 80° E
d) 82.5° E
Answer: d) 82.5° E
What is the standard time for India called?
a) Indian Standard Time (IST)
b) Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
c) Eastern Standard Time (EST)
d) Pacific Standard Time (PST)
Answer: a) Indian Standard Time (IST)
