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When the (a) of Greenwich has the sun at the highest point in the sky, all the places along this meridian will have mid-day or noon.
Equator represents the _________ latitude,the distance from the equator to either of the poles is _____________ of a circle round the earth.
Ninty degree and half
Zero degree and One-fourth
180° and One-third
360° and Quarter
The (a) lying between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole are very cold.
Identify the red line
Equator
Prime Meridian
The two important parallel latitudes of Northern Hemisphere are _______and of the equator.
Tropic of Cancer
(23½°) and Arctic Circle (66½°)
Tropic of Capricorn
(23½°) and Antarctic Circle (66½°)
The Mid-day Sun never shines overhead on any latitude beyond the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
True
False
All countries decided that the count should begin from the meridian which passed through Greenwich, where the British Royal Observatory is located.
The two important parallel latitudes of Southern Hemisphere are _________ and ________of the equator.
Tropic of Cancer 23½° and Arctic Circle at 66½°
Tropic of Capricorn 23½° and Antarctic Circle at 66½°
The _______ and_______ divide the earth into two equal halves, the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Equator and Latitude
Prime Meridian and 180° meridian
Prime meridian and Tropic of cancer
The earth has been divided into twenty-four time zones of one hour each and each zone covers 15° of longitude.
False
True
India is located East of Greenwich at _____ is ahead of GMT.It is the Indian Standard Time(IST) of India.
23° 30' N and 5 hours, 30 minutes
82°30'E and 5 hours, 30 minutes
The mid-day sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitudes in between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
The Chandrapur in Maharashtra (India) and Belo Horizonte in Brazil (South America) are located on parallels of about 20° latitude.
True
False
