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WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQs

Longitude And Latitude

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Question 1.

The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of:

  1.    Axis of the earth
  2.    Equator
  3.    North pole
  4.    South pole
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Equator
Question 2.

One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of:

  1.    34.5 miles
  2.    50 miles
  3.    60 miles
  4.    39 miles
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 50 miles
Question 3.

Latitude of place is indicated of its:

  1.    Time
  2.    Altitude
  3.    Amount of rain
  4.    Temperature
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Temperature
Question 4.

Which one of the following cites does not have same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?

  1.    London (UK)
  2.    Lisbon (Portugal)
  3.    Accra ( Ghana)
  4.    Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
Question 5.

The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December is:

  1.    Chennai
  2.    Madrid
  3.    Melbourne
  4.    Moscow
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Melbourne
Question 6.

Geostationary orbit is at a height of:

  1.    6 km
  2.    1000 km
  3.    3600 km
  4.    36,000 km
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 36,000 km
Question 7.

Owing to the equatorial bulge and the polar flattening, the polar radius of the earth falls short of the equatorial radius by about:

  1.    22 km
  2.    36 km
  3.    41 km
  4.    53 km
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 22 km
Question 8.

The earth is at the least distance from the sun (Perihelion) on:

  1.    December 22nd
  2.    January 3rd
  3.    July 4th
  4.    June 21st
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> January 3rd
Question 9.

What is the International Date Line?

  1.    It is the equator
  2.    It is the 00 longitude
  3.    It is the 90 east longitude
  4.    It is the 180 longitude
  5.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> It is the 180 longitude
Question 10.

The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich. Hence, it is located at:

 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> It is the 180 longitude

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