Question : From which of the following continents pass all three latitudes, i.e., the equator, the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn?
Option 1: North America
Option 2: Asia
Option 3: South America
Option 4: Africa
Correct Answer: Africa
Solution : The correct answer is Africa.
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Equator all three pass from the African continent. Africa's longitudinal extent is 510 E to 160 W and its latitudinal extent is 370 N to 350 S. It is the second largest continent on earth and the only continent from which all the above 3 lines pass. The equator runs across Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia in Africa.
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Question : Which of the following pairs is correct?
Option 1: 23.5o South - Tropic of Cancer
Option 2: 23.5o South - Tropic of Capricorn
Option 3: 23.5o North - Tropic of Capricorn
Option 4: 66o North - Antarctic Circle
Question : Which of the following imaginary lines lies at 0 degrees latitude?
Option 1: Equator
Option 2: Tropic of Cancer
Option 3: Tropic of Capricorn
Option 4: Prime Meridian
Question : The equator represents:
Option 1: line joining the north and south poles.
Option 2: imaginary line passing around the Earth midway between the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
Option 3: line joining tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn.
Option 4: the axis of rotation of the Earth.
Question : Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
Option 1: 00 longitude - Prime Meridian
Option 2: 00 longitude - Equator
Option 3: 00 latitude - Equator
Option 4: 23.50 North - Tropic of Cancer
Question : The mouth of which of the following rivers lies to the north of the Tropic of Cancer?
Option 1: Godavari
Option 2: Krishna
Option 3: Indus
Option 4: Mahanadi
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