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GK Olympiad Latitudes and Longitudes — practice questions

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A classroom keeps a small spinning model of the earth. That model is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →The imaginary line joining the two poles, about which the globe turns, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The imaginary line that divides the earth into two equal halves is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The half of the earth lying north of the equator is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →All the circles drawn parallel to the equator up to the poles are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The latitude value given to the equator itself is:Read the answer and worked solution →The latitude that marks the North Pole is:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides the equator and the two poles, the number of important parallels is:Read the answer and worked solution →The important parallel drawn at about 23 and a half degrees north is the Tropic of:Read the answer and worked solution →The circle drawn at about 66 and a half degrees north of the equator is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The belt between the two tropics, where the midday sun is overhead, is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The zones lying between the tropics and the polar circles have temperatures that are:Read the answer and worked solution →The zones between the polar circles and the poles are very cold and are called:Read the answer and worked solution →The reference lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Unlike the parallels of latitude, every meridian of longitude has the same:Read the answer and worked solution →The meridian passing through Greenwich, counted as zero, is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Counting from the Prime Meridian, longitudes run east and west up to:Read the answer and worked solution →All the meridians of longitude come together and meet at the:Read the answer and worked solution →Dhubri in Assam is found where 26 N latitude cuts which longitude?Read the answer and worked solution →The earth turns 360 degrees in about 24 hours, so in one hour it turns:Read the answer and worked solution →Because the earth turns 15 degrees an hour, one degree of longitude takes:Read the answer and worked solution →India takes the local time of one central meridian as its clock. That meridian is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the important parallelsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the heat zonesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the globe gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the globe linesRead the answer and worked solution →Latitude or longitudeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the globe factsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Globe bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A classroom keeps a small spinning model of the earth. That model is called a:

  1. Globe
  2. Chart
  3. Atlas
  4. Model
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Correct answer: A. Globe

1. A true miniature of the earth is kept for study. 2. It can be spun about a fixed needle. 3. That object is a globe. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 2, Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes._

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The imaginary line joining the two poles, about which the globe turns, is the:

  1. Ring
  2. Axis
  3. Edge
  4. Belt
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Correct answer: B. Axis

1. The needle through the globe marks a line. 2. The globe turns about that line. 3. That line is the axis. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 2, Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes._

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The imaginary line that divides the earth into two equal halves is the:

  1. Equator
  2. Meridian
  3. Tropic
  4. Circle
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Correct answer: A. Equator

1. One great circle splits the globe evenly. 2. It runs around the middle of the earth. 3. That line is the equator. _Source: syllabus The Earth Our Habitat, Class VI, Chapter 2, Globe: Latitudes and Longitudes._

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