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
Correct Answer: Equator
Solution : The correct answer is the Equator.
0-degree latitude corresponds to the equator which divides the Earth into Northern, and Southern Hemispheres. The Equator travels through 13 countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati.
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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 : 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
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 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 : 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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