Latitude/Longitude/North & South Poles

Total Questions: 22

1 - The earth rotates on its axis from-----:

A ) East to west ✅
B ) North to south
C ) South to North
D ) East to west

2 - Earth rotate se around its own ----:

A ) Equator
B ) Axis ✅
C ) Centre
D ) Poles

4 - Earth complete one rotation on its axis in-----:

A ) 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.9 second ✅
B ) 23 hours and 30 minutes
C ) 24 hours
D ) 24 hours 1 minute and 10 seconds

5 - What is meant by "Equinox"?

A ) Equal duration of day and night ✅
B ) Shortest day
C ) Longest day
D ) None of these

6 - Greenwich associated with Greenwich mean Time (GMT) is situated in:

A ) Australia
B ) England ✅
C ) Greenland
D ) Finland

7 - Distance from South to North Pole is called-----?

A ) Longitude
B ) Latitude ✅
C ) Both A and B
D ) None of these

8 - Which unit is used to measure Latitudes of Earth?

A ) Degree ✅
B ) Radian
C ) Centimeter
D ) None of these

9 - What is the time between one degree of longitude?

A ) 2 minutes
B ) 4 minutes ✅
C ) 8 minutes
D ) 11 minutes

10 - Which day we shortest in Northern hemisphere?

A ) 22nd March
B ) 22nd September
C ) 22nd December ✅
D ) 22nd October

11 - The sun shines on the equator vertically------?

A ) Once in a year
B ) Twice in a year ✅
C ) Thrice in a year
D ) None of these

12 - What is the duration of a day at the North and South poles?

A ) 3 months
B ) 6 months ✅
C ) 9 months
D ) 12 months

13 - North and South Poles are separated by------?

A ) The international datelines ✅
B ) Plane of equator
C ) The plane of tropic of Cancer
D ) None of these

14 - The Greenwich (England) is at --------degree longitude.

A ) 0 ✅
B ) 45
C ) 90
D ) None of these

15 - ------- side of miss you are getting warmer faster than------ hemisphere?

A ) Southern to Northern
B ) Northern to southern ✅
C ) Same rate
D ) Eastern to western

16 - Arctic is located at -------?

A ) South pole
B ) The north pole ✅
C ) Equator
D ) None of these

17 - Which continent is covered wholly with an ice sheet?

A ) Antarctica ✅
B ) Australia
C ) Asia
D ) Europe

18 - Antarctica is located in ------:

A ) South pole ✅
B ) North Pole
C ) Equator
D ) None of these

19 - Through which one of the following groups of countries does the equator pass?

A ) Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia ✅
B ) Brazil, Sudan and Malaysia
C ) Brazil, Zambia and Malaysia
D ) Venezuela, Ethiopia and Indonesia

20 - Which of the following countries is situated on the equator?

A ) Indonesia
B ) Maldives
C ) Gabon
D ) All of these ✅

21 - Snow line is ------:

A ) Throughout the year ✅
B ) For three months
C ) One month
D ) For six months

22 - What is the definition of the Snow line?

A ) The boundary separating ice and water
B ) The line where snow begins to melt
C ) The point where snow turns into rain
D ) The attitude above which snow remains throughout the year ✅