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Grade-6 Social science

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The distance between two latitudes is _____

a)

About 112 km

b)

About 148 km

c)

About 96 km

2.

Tropical zone is between______ and_____

a)

The tropics

b)

231/2°N and 66 1/2°N

c)

66 1/2°S and 90°S

3.

The longitudes meet at______

a)

The poles

b)

The equator

c)

60°

4.

The longest parallel is _____

a)

Equator

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

North Pole

5.

The Indian standard time is 82 1/2°E

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The tropic of cancer

a)

23 1/2°N

b)

23 1/2°S

c)

66 1/2°S

7.

Longitudes are also called______

a)

Meridian

b)

Parallel

c)

Equator

8.

The shortest latitudes are at____

a)

Equator

b)

Poles

9.

IST is ____ hours and ____ minutes ahead of GMT

a)

5 ,30

b)

5 ,40

c)

5 ,70

10.

South pole ___

a)

90°S

b)

90°N

11.

The Greenwich longitude is also known as the_______

a)

GMT

b)

IST

c)

LMT

12.

Distance between places is calculated on the basis of_____

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Equator

13.

Tropic of Capricorn

a)

23 1/2°S

b)

23 1/2°N

c)

66 1/2°S

14.

There are _____ meridians

a)

360

b)

90

c)

180

15.

Longitudes are equal in length

a)

True

b)

False

16.

All parallels north of the equator are called

a)

North latitudes

b)

North longitudes

c)

Prime meridian

d)

Both a and b

17.

Which of the following is a longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Tropic of Capricorn

c)

Antarctic circle

d)

Prime meridian

18.

Latitude 231/2° N is called

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Arctic circle

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Antarctic circle

19.

Latitude 661/2° south of the equator is known as

a)

Antarctic circle

b)

Arctic circle

c)

Equator

d)

Prime meridian

20.

The value of the prime meridian is

a)

90°

b)

0°

c)

231/2°

d)

60°

21.

The end points of the axis of the earth are called the

a)

poles

b)

diameter

c)

equator

d)

dot

22.

------ helps us to find the time of a place on the Globe.

a)

Latitudes

b)

Longitudes

c)

Maps

23.

What are latitude and longitude lines?

a)

Imaginary lines that divide the Earth

b)

Visible lines that divide the Earth

c)

Long and short lines that divide the Earth

24.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
25.
What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?
a)
Equator
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Arctic Circle
d)
Prime Meridian
26.
What are the four MAIN directions on the Compass Rose?
a)
North, South, East, and West
b)
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
27.

Which line cuts the Earth into north and south latitude?

a)

equator

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

28.

Latitude lines run from __________ to ___________, pole to pole.

a)

east to west

b)

north to south

29.

There are altogether ........... degree latitudes.

a)

360

b)

180

c)

90

d)

100

30.

There are altogether ............ degree longitudes.

a)

180

b)

100

c)

90

d)

360

31.

There are altogether ............ degree longitudes.

a)

180

b)

100

c)

90

d)

360

32.

The latitude lines are also called ....................

a)

meridians

b)

parallels

33.

We know that 1 degree longitude is .................. minutes.

a)

5

b)

10

c)

4

d)

15

34.

The intersection of the Earth's latitude and longitude lines form a _________.

a)

grid

b)

map

c)

hemesphere