CBSE Class 6 Social Science Geography Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes MCQs

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

Answer :  B

Question.Parallel of latitude of 66 ½° north is known as:
(a) Arctic circle
(b) Antarctic circle
(c) Longitude

Answer :  A

Question. The globe and the earth are different in …………………..
(a) shape
(b) size
(c) continents and oceans
(d) none of these.

Answer :  B

Question . 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

Question. Equator is an
(a) Imaginary rectangular line
(b) Imaginary circular line
(c) Imaginary straight line
(d) Imaginary triangular line

Answer :  B

Question . 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

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

Answer :  A

Question . The 0 degree Meridian is also known as
(a) Prime Standard
(b) Prime Meridian
(c) Equator Prime
(d) Greenfield

Answer :  B

Question . 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

Question. What divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere?
(a) prime meridian
(b) north pole
(c) Equator

Answer :  A

Question . The heat zone with the coldest climate is the ……………………….
(a) Torrid Zone
(b) Northern Temperate Zone
(c) The Frigid Zones
(d) either of the Temperate Zones.

Answer :  C

Question. The Prime Meridian passes through:
(a) Greenwood
(b) Greenfield
(c) Greenshire
(d) Greenwich

Answer :  D

Question . On which parallel of latitude is Mauritius located?
(a) 10° N
(b) 20° S
(c) 23° 30′ S
(d) 0°

Answer :  B

Question . 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

Question . Dibrugarh is located in
(a) Assam
(b) Nagaland
(c) Arunanchal Pradesh
(d) Mizoram

Answer :  A

Question. This marks the location of the equator on Earth
(a) 20 degree
(b) 90 degree
(c) 180 degree
(d) 0 degree

Answer :  D

Question . The Standard Meridian of India is:
(a) 88°30' E
(b) 86°30' E
(c) 82°30' E
(d) 84°30' E

Answer :  C

Question. The equator lies at the __________ degree latitude
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 0

Answer :  C

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

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

Answer :  B

Question . The total number of meridians across the globe is:
(a) 180
(b) 360
(c) 90
(d) 181

Answer :  B

Question. The time difference between Greenwich and India is …………………….
(a) no difference
(b) 3 hours
(c) 5 hours 30 minutes
(d) 12 hours 30 minutes.

Answer :  C

Question. On which parallel of latitude is Mauritius located?
(a) 10° N
(b) 20° S
(c) 23° 30′ S
(d) 0°

Answer :  B

Question . The Arctic Circle is located in the
(a) Western hemisphere
(b) Southern hemisphere
(c) Northern hemisphere
(d) Eastern hemisphere

Answer :  C

Question . _____ 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 :  B

Question . 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