Social Science Quiz

The value of the prime meridian is :

• 90°

• 0°

• 60°

The Frigid zone lies near :

• The Poles

• The Equator

• The Tropic of Cancer

The total number of longitudes are :

• 360

• 180

• 90

The Antarctic circle is located in :

• the Northern hemisphere

• The Southern Hemisphere

• The eastern hemisphere

Grid is a network of :

• Parrallels of latitudes and meridians of longitudes

• The tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn

• The North Pole and South Pole

The Standard Meridian of India is..............

• 62°30' E

• 82°30' E

• 97°25' E

The Arctic Circle is located in the............... hemisphere.

• Northern

• Southern

• Both

• None of these

What is the direction of the movement or rotation of the Earth?

• West to East

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

An imaginary line running from East to West on the globe that divides it into two equal parts, This lines is known as the...............

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

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