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Latitude and Longitude

41 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 1 of 2

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Q1. What is the angular distance of a given place north or south from the equator called?

  1. Aprime meridian
  2. Blongitude
  3. Clatitude
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) latitude

Q2. Which of the following is an example of a great circle?

  1. ATropic of Cancer
  2. BTropic of Capricorn
  3. CEquator
  4. DArctic Circle
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Answer: C) Equator

Q3. Tropic of Cancer is which of the following?

  1. Aa blood disease
  2. Bscientific tool for cancer prevention
  3. C23.5° North latitude
  4. D23.5° south latitude
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Answer: C) 23.5° North latitude

Q4. What is the nature of the diameter of latitude lines as we move towards the poles?

  1. AIt remains stable
  2. BIt decreases
  3. CIt grows
  4. Dfirst decreases then increases
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Answer: B) It decreases

Q5. 1 on the ground⁰ The distance of latitude is equal to which of the following?

  1. A11 km.
  2. B111 km.
  3. C21 km.
  4. D121 km.
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Answer: B) 111 km.

Q6. Apart from the equator, which latitude line divides the Earth into two equal parts?

  1. A23.5°N
  2. B23.5⁰S
  3. C66.5⁰N and 66.5⁰S
  4. DNo latitude
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Answer: D) No latitude

Q7. The Tropic of Capricorn or the Southern Circle of Latitude passes through which of the following?

  1. AZimbabwe
  2. BMalagasy
  3. CIndia
  4. DGreenland
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Answer: B) Malagasy

Q8. What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into two parts called?

  1. AEquator
  2. BTropic of Cancer
  3. CTropic of Capricorn
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: A) Equator

Q9. Latitude is the angular distance of a point on the earth's surface north or south of the equator, which is-

  1. Ameasured from the center of the Earth
  2. Bmeasured from the equator
  3. Cmeasured from the Tropic of Cancer or the Tropic of Capricorn
  4. Dmeasured from the poles
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Answer: B) measured from the equator

Q10. What is the imaginary line joining the two poles and intersecting the equator at right angles called?

  1. Amidday
  2. Blongitude
  3. Clatitude
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) longitude

Q11. The distance between two longitude lines is known by which of the following names?

  1. Abelt
  2. Bwhite
  3. Cblack
  4. Dbox
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Answer: B) white

Q12. What is the time difference between one longitude and another?

  1. A4 minutes
  2. B1 hour
  3. C15 min
  4. D12 hours
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Answer: A) 4 minutes

Q13. The latitude line on which the duration of day and night is always equal, -

  1. AEquator
  2. BTropic of Cancer
  3. CTropic of Capricorn
  4. Dhinge line
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Answer: A) Equator

Q14. The highest temperature on Earth is recorded in

  1. AAt the equator
  2. B10 At northern latitude
  3. C20At northern latitude
  4. D25 At northern latitude
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Answer: A) At the equator

Q15. Which of the following statements is false -

  1. AThe total number of longitude lines is 180.
  2. BThe angular distance of any place from the Greenwich meridian is called the longitude of that place.
  3. CThe distance between longitudes is maximum at the equator and zero at the poles.
  4. DThe distance between the meridians at the equator is 111.3 km.
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Answer: A) The total number of longitude lines is 180.

Q16. Which of the following statements is false -

  1. AThe distance between latitude lines increases marginally as we move from the equator towards the poles.
  2. BThe angular distance of any place from the prime meridian is called the latitude of that place.
  3. CThe equator is a great circle
  4. DAll longitudes are great circles
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Answer: B) The angular distance of any place from the prime meridian is called the latitude of that place.

Q17. The distance between two latitude lines is approximately -

  1. A111 miles
  2. B121 miles
  3. C111 km.
  4. D121 km.
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Answer: C) 111 km.

Q18. 1 ⁰ Where is the longest distance in longitude?

  1. Aon the Tropic of Cancer
  2. Bon the Tropic of Capricorn
  3. Con the equator
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: C) on the equator

Q19. What is the total number of latitudes?

  1. A66
  2. B90
  3. C179
  4. D360
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Answer: C) 179

Q20. What is the number of longitudes?

  1. A24
  2. B90
  3. C180
  4. D360
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Answer: D) 360

Q21. What are the imaginary lines parallel to the equator called?

  1. Alatitude lines
  2. Blongitude
  3. CGreenwich Lines
  4. Dmeridians
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Answer: A) latitude lines

Q22. What is the line joining the North Pole and South Pole of the Earth called?

  1. Alatitude lines
  2. Blongitude
  3. Cinternational line
  4. Dunion line
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Answer: B) longitude

Q23. The Prime Meridian passes through which place?

  1. AGreenwich
  2. BSydney
  3. CGreenland
  4. DAllahabad
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Answer: A) Greenwich

Q24. 'Greenwich Line' means -

  1. A0 ⁰ latitude
  2. B0⁰ longitude
  3. C180 ⁰Eastern Longitude
  4. D180 ⁰western longitude
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Answer: B) 0⁰ longitude

Q25. The Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through which of the following countries?

  1. AD. Africa
  2. Bargentina
  3. CChile
  4. DPhilippines
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Answer: D) Philippines

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