MCQ Chapter 1 Geography Class 6 Maharashtra Board The Earth and the Graticule 1. What is the term used for imaginary east-west horizontal lines on the Earth?MeridiansParallelsInternational Date LineEquatorQuestion 1 of 202. Which of these is considered 0° parallel?Prime MeridianTropic of CancerEquatorArctic CircleQuestion 2 of 203. What does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into?Northern and Southern HemispheresEastern and Western HemispheresTropics and PolesArctic and Antarctic CirclesQuestion 3 of 204. How many meridians can be drawn on the globe at 1° intervals?1803609045Question 4 of 205. What is the maximum distance between two meridians?At the polesAt the equatorAt 30° latitudeAt the Tropic of CancerQuestion 5 of 206. What is the angular distance of a place from the equator called?LongitudeLatitudeHemisphereMeridianQuestion 6 of 207. How many parallels can be drawn in the Northern Hemisphere?9018045360Question 7 of 208. Which circle is known as a great circle?EquatorTropic of CancerArctic CirclePrime MeridianQuestion 8 of 209. How many degrees are there in a complete circle?90°180°270°360°Question 9 of 2010. What is the angular distance of the Tropic of Cancer?66.5°N23.5°N23.5°S66.5°SQuestion 10 of 2011. Which of these is not a parallel?EquatorTropic of CancerPrime MeridianArctic CircleQuestion 11 of 2012. What is the distance between two consecutive parallels?111 km100 km90 km120 kmQuestion 12 of 2013. Which lines converge at the poles?MeridiansParallelsEquatorTropicsQuestion 13 of 2014. What do the parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude together form on the globe?HemisphereGraticuleTropicsAxisQuestion 14 of 2015. What is the angular measure of the North Pole?0°90°N90°S45°NQuestion 15 of 2016. Which technology uses latitudes and longitudes to determine locations?GPSGISIRNSSAll of the aboveQuestion 16 of 2017. Which circle appears as a point on the globe?EquatorNorth/South PoleTropic of CapricornArctic CircleQuestion 17 of 2018. How many degrees does one hour of time represent in longitude?15°30°60°90°Question 18 of 2019. How many meridians are there in the Eastern Hemisphere?90179180360Question 19 of 2020. Which hemisphere is labeled with 'E' for longitudes?NorthernSouthernEasternWesternQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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