Latitudes and longitudes

What is the full form of GMT?

• General Meridian Time

• Great Meridian Time
• Global Meridian Time
• Greenwich Mean Time

Write the full form of IST.

All parallel circles from the equator up to the poles are called _____________________.

What are the parallels identified with the help of?

• Lines

• Heat Zones

• Degrees

• Meridians

What is the circle passing through the center of the earth and perpendicular to the axis called?

• Meridian
• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer

What is the centermost longitude called?

• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Tropic of Cancer
• Equator

Where is the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn situated?

• Tropic of Cancer is at 23.5 degrees north of the Equator, and Tropic of Capricorn is at 23.5 degrees south of the Equator.
• Tropic of Cancer is at 90 degrees north of the Equator, and Tropic of Capricorn is at 90 degrees south of the Equator.
• Tropic of Cancer is at 45 degrees north of the Equator, and Tropic of Capricorn is at 45 degrees south of the Equator.
• Tropic of Cancer is at 0 degrees north of the Equator, and Tropic of Capricorn is at 0 degrees south of the Equator.

Name the heat zone of earth situated between arctic circle and tropic of cancer.

• Equatorial Zone
• Polar Zone
• North Temperate Zone

• Frigid Zone

The prime meridian passes through Greenwich, where the ___________________________ is located.

India is how much time ahead or behind of GMT?

• 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead
• 6 hours behind
• 3 hours and 15 minutes ahead
• 4 hours and 45 minutes behind