Latitudes and Longitudes

All parallels north of the equator are called

• North latitudes

• North longitudes

• Prime meridian

• Both a and b

Which of the following is a longitude?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic circle

• Prime meridian

The value of the prime meridian is

• 90°

• 0°

• 231/2°

• 60°

The main line of longitude is

• The Equator

• International Dateline

• Greenwich Prime Meridian

• Arctic Cirle

The Antarctic circle is located in ?

• the Northern hemisphere

• (b) the Southern hemisphere

• (c) the Eastern hemisphere

• the Western hemisphere

Grid is a network of ?

• (a) parallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes

• (b) the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

• (c) the North Pole and the South Pole

The 0° Meridian is also known as ?

• the Prime Meridian.

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Poles

The distance between the longitudes decreases towards :

• the Poles

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

What is a globe?

• Circle of the earth is known as globe.

• Model (miniature form) of the earth is known as globe.

• Geoid of the earth is known as globe.

All the planets move around the sun in a/an ____.

• Circular path

• Rectangular path

• Elongated elliptical path

• None of these