Longitudes and latitudes Test Welcome to your Longitudes and latitudes Test Name Email The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following Indian states? (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Assam (c) Tripura (d) Jharkhand None The Ganga-Brahmaputra basin lies between ______ latitudes. (a) 16°N and 36°N (b) 14°N and 34°N (c) 12°N and 32°N (d) 10°N and 30°N None Which of the following parallels of latitude represent the Tropic of Capricorn? (a) 23½° in the Northern Hemisphere (b) 66½° in the Southern Hemisphere (c) 23½° in the Southern Hemisphere (d) 66½° in the Northern Hemisphere None Which longitude has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India? (a) 82°30'E (b) 81°30'E (c) 82°32'E (d) 82°31'E None The Indian Standard Time corresponds to the longitude ______ degrees East. (a) 85 (b) 85.5 (c) 76.5 (d) 79 None The 90 degree East Meridian does NOT pass through (a) Meghalaya (b) Sikkim (c) Bhutan (d) Bangladesh None All parallel circles from the Equator to the poles are known as______ (a) Parallels of Latitude (b) Arctic Circle (c) Tropic of Cancer (d) Antarctic Circle None The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following Indian states? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) West Bengal (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Gujarat None Lines joining located at equal travel time from a common centre are called: (a) Isohalines (b) Isochrones (c) Isobar (d) Isobronts None On which day of the year is the earth farthest from the sun, at a position called aphelion? (a) 19 August (b) 23 October (c) 12 May (d) 4 July None Through which of the following states does the Tropic of Cancer run? (a) Assam (b) Mizoram (c) Nagaland (d) Manipur None 1° latitude is equal to approximately ______ km. CHSL 16-10-2020 (a) 111 (b) 145 (c) 133 (b) 122 None India is located to the North of the ______. (a) Tropic of Capricorn (b) Tropic of Cancer (c) Equator (d) Prime Meridian None Name the state capital located 53 metres above the sea level between 93 East longitude and 27 North latitude. (a) Dispur (b) Itanagar (c) Patna (d) Hyderabad None When does the entire earth experience equal days and nights? (a) Day of winter solstice (b) Day of summer solstice (c) At orbital plane (d) Day of equinox None Which among the following has its latitude within one degree of that of New Delhi? (a) Amarnath Cave (b) City of Islamabad (c) City of Dhaka (d) Mount Everes None The Physics Phenomenon when, in Polar regions like Alaska and Northern Canada, a splendid display of colours is seen in the sky is called a/an: (a) aurora borealis (b) star shower (c) active galactic nucleus (d) star’s intrinsic luminosity None The Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following Indian states ? (a) Mizoram (b) Gujarat (c) Tripura (d) Maharashtra None On which day does the Summer Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere ? (a) 22nd December (b) 21st March (c) 23rd September (d) 21st June None The Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower of ______. (a) Hamirpur (b) Rampur (c) Mirzapur (d) Sambalpur None Which of the following at 23 ◦ 30' N divides India into almost two halves? (a) Equator (b) Tropic of Capricorn (c) Prime Meridian (d) Tropic of Cancer None What is known as Hunter’s Moon in the West, is called as____in India. (a) Pausha Purnima (b) Magha Purnima (c) Chaitra Purnima (d) Kartik Purnima None The summer solstice 2019 in the Northern Hemisphere occurs on ________ (a) 24 June (b) 21 June (c) 26 June (d) 20 june None What is the term used to describe the angular distance of a place North or South of Earth’s equator? (a) Hemisphere (b) Pole (c) Longitude (d) Latitude None Time's up