CHAPTER 2 GLOBE LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

Fill in the blanks.

1. The Tropic of Capricorn is located at………………….. 23 1/2° S
2. The Standard Meridian of India is………………….. 82 1/2° E
3. The 0° Meridian is also known as………………….. Prime Meridian
4. The distance between the longitudes decreases towards ………………………. Prime Meridian
5. The Arctic Circle is located in the………………. Northern
6. Russia extends over………………… time zones. eleven
7. As we move away from the equator, the size of the latitudes …………….. decreases
8. The poles fall in the…………….. Frigid
9. To locate a point, we need to know its latitude, as well as……………………… longitude
10. The British Royal Observatory is located in ………………………..  UK. Greenwich
11. A hemisphere is one ……………..  of a sphere. half
12. Latitudes and longitudes form a……………………… grid
13. All places lying on the same …………………  have the same time. longitude
14. When it is 7.30 pm on August 16 in Greenwich, it is………………………….. (time) on ……………(date) in Chennai.
1 am on August 17.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).

1. The axis of the earth is not actually tilted as depicted in a globe. False
2. The equator is the 0-degree latitude. True
3. The Prime Meridian is the 180-degree longitude. False
4. More than half of India lies in the Frigid Zone. False
5. The Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through India. True
6. The two Temperate Zones maintain a moderate climate. True
7. The time at a place in the east of Greenwich is ahead of that in Greenwich, True
8. The earth rotates from west to east. True
9. The standard longitude for Indian time is the 64° longitude. False

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. What is a globe?
(a) Earth
(b) True model of the earth
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these. Answer: (b) True model of the earth

Question 2. Which of the following are shown on the globe in their true size?
(a) Countries
(b) Continents
(d Oceans
(d) All of these Answer: (d) All of these

Question 3. What is called a needle fixed through the globe in a tilted manner?
(a) Orbit
(b) Axis
(c) Latitude
(d) Longitude Answer: (b) Axis

Question 4. What divides the earth into two equal parts. The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere?
(a) Tropic of Capricorn
(b) Tropic of Cancer
(c) Equator
(d) Arctic Circle Answer: (c) Equator

Question 5. Name one of the following parallels of latitudes as Tropic of Cancer.

(a) 0°
(b) 23° 30′ S
(c) 23° 30′ N
(d) 66° 30′ N Answer: (c) 23° 30′ N

Question 6. Between which parallels of latitudes is the Torrid Zone situated?

(a) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
(b) Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle
(c) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle
(d) None of these. Answer: (a) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
Question 7. Which of the following zone is situated between 66°30′ S and poles?
(a) Torrid Zone
(b) Temperate Zone
(c) Frigid Zone
(d) All of these. Answer: (c) Frigid Zone

Question 8. Which of the following is called the Prime Meridian?

(a) 23° 30′ N
(b) 23° 30′ S
(c) 82° 30′ E
(d) 0° longitude Answer: (d) 0° longitude

Question 9. What divides the earth into the eastern and the western hemispheres?
(a) Equator
(b) Prime Meridian
(c) 82° 30′ E
(d) None of these. Answer: (b) Prime Meridian

Question 10.
In which ocean are Tonga Islands situated?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Atlantic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) None of these. Answer: (c) Pacific Ocean

Question 11. On which parallel of latitude is Mauritius located?

(a) 10° N
(b) 20° S
(c) 23° 30′ S
(d) 0° Answer: (b) 20° S

Question 12. Which place is located at the intersection of 26° N and 90° E?
(a) Dhubri
(b) Mauritius
(c) Tonga
(d) Meerut Answer: (a) Dhubri

Question 13. What time does earth take, rotating from one degree longitude to next longitude?
(a) 4 minutes
(b) 15 minutes
(c) 10 minutes
(d) None of these. Answer: (a) 4 minutes

Question 14. What is the time difference between the time of Dwarka in Gujarat and time of Dibrugarh in Assam?
(a) 2 hours
(b) 1 hour and 30 minutes
(c) hour and 45 minutes
(d) 5 hours and 30 minutes Answer: (c) hour and 45 minutes

Question 15. The local time of 82Q30’ E longitude is taken as a standard throughout India. It is known as
(a) local time of India
(b) Indian Standard Time (1ST)
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these. Answer: (b) Indian Standard Time (1ST)

Question 16. The time of India is ahead of that of England by

(a) 2 hours
(b) 5 hours and 30 minutes
(c) 3 hours
(d) none of these. Answer: (b) 5 hours and 30 minutes

Question 17. The Arctic Circle is located in the

(a) Western hemisphere(b) Southern hemisphere (c) Northern hemisphere (d) Eastern hemisphere
Answer: (c) Northern hemisphere
Question 18. Describe the shape of the Earth?
(a) A sphere which bulges at the poles and flattens at the centre
(b) A sphere which flattens at the poles and bulges at the centre
(c) A sphere which bulges at the poles and at the centre
(d) A perfect sphere Answer: (b) A sphere which flattens at the poles and bulges at the centre

Question 19. What are latitude and longitude lines?

(a) Thick and thin line that divide the Earth
(b) An imaginary line that divide the Earth
(c) A real line that divides the Earth
(d) Long and short line that divide the Earth Answer: (b) An imaginary line that divide the Earth

Question 20.The Prime Meridian passes through

(a) Greenwood
(b) Greenfield
(c) Greenwhich
(d) Greenwich Answer: (d) Greenwich

Question 21. What are meridian of longitude?

(a) The lines running from north pole to the south poles
(b) The lines running from north pole to the east poles
(c) The lines running from north pole to the west poles
(d) The lines running from east pole to the south poles
Answer: (a) The lines running from north pole to the south poles
Question 22. IST stands for
(a) Internal Specific Time
(b) Internal Standard Temperate
(c) Indian Standard Time
(d) Indian Specific Time Answer: (c) Indian Standard Time

Question 23. The tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn are of

(a) Equal length
(b) Capricorn is shorter than the Cancer
(c) Capricorn is bigger than the Cancer
(d) Vey big difference between these two Answer: (a) Equal length

Question 24. Equator is an

(a) Imaginary rectangular line
(b) Imaginary circular line
(c) Imaginary straight line
(d) Imaginary triangular line Answer: (b) Imaginary circular line

Question 25. Dibrugarh is located in

(a) Assam
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunanchal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram Answer: (a) Assam

Question 26. The total number of meridians across the globe is

(a) 180
(b) 360
(c) 90
(d) 181 Answer: (b) 360

Question 27. The 0 degree Meridian is also known as

(a) Prime Standard
(b) Prime Meridian
(c) Equator Prime
(d) Greenfield Answer: (b) Prime Meridian

Question 28. The Northernmost end of the axis is ______

(a) South Pole (b) Northern Hemisphere
(c) Southern Hemisphere (d) North Pole
Answer: (d) North Pole
Question 29. What is a globe?
(a) It is a five-dimensional representation of the Earth
(b) It is a three-dimensional representation of the Earth
(c) It is a four-dimensional representation of the Earth
(d) It is a two-dimensional representation of the Earth
Answer: (b) It is a three-dimensional representation of the Earth

Question 30. The Standard Meridian of India is

(a) 88°30 E
(b) 86°30 E
(c) 82°30 E
(d) 84°30 E Answer: (c) 82°30 E

Question 31. The total number of parallels across the globe is

(a) 181
(b) 360
(c) 80
(d) 90 Answer: (a) 181

Question 32. The Frigid Zone lies near

(a) The Poles
(b) The Tropic of Capricorn
(c) The Equator
(d) The Tropic of Cancer Answer: (a) The Poles

Question 33. The line which cut the world into north and south latitude
(a) Equator
(b) Latitude
(c) Longitude
(d) Prime meridian Answer: (a) Equator

Question 34. Two end point of the axis are called

(a) Grid
(b) Poles
(c) Equator
(d) Axis Answer: (b) Poles

Question 35. _____ Lines run from east to west. They measure the distance north and south of the Equator
(a) Primary
(b) Longitude
(c) Standard
(d) Latitude Answer: (d) Latitude

Question 36. This marks the location of the equator on Earth

(a) 20 degree
(b) 90 degree
(c) 180 degree
(d) 0 degree Answer: (d) 0 degree

Question 37. Days and nights are equal throughout the globe when the sun is above:
(a) Poles
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn Answer: (b) Equator

Question 38. The distance between the longitude

(a) Decreases towards Poles
(b) Increases towards Poles
(c) Decreases towards North Poles only
(d) Decreases towards South Poles only Answer: (a) Decreases towards Poles