MCQ on Latitude and Longitude

1. What purpose do latitude and longitude serve?
(a). Cooking
(b). Navigate
(c). Gardening
(d). Painting

Answer
           B

2. How does accuracy increase in angular measurements?
(a). Centimeter
(b). Minutes and seconds
(c). Inch
(d). Meter

Answer
           B

3. What makes up the network known as graticules?
(a). Triangle
(b). Rectangle
(c). Graticules or grids
(d). Circle

Answer
           C

4. What is meant by latitude?
(a). Angular distance east or west of the equator
(b). Angular distance north or south of the equator
(c). Distance from the North Pole
(d). Distance from the South Pole

Answer
           B

5. What is the equator at 0° latitude?
(a). Longest meridian
(b). Smallest parallel circle
(c). Longest parallel circle
(d). Shortest meridian

Answer
           C

6. What is the latitude of Tropic of Cancer?
(a). 45°
(b). 90°
(c). 23.5° North
(d). 23.5° south

Answer
           C

7. What does the Tropic of Capricorn determine?
(a). Length of day
(b). Southern border of the tropics
(c). Northern border of the tropics
(d). Distance from the equator
Answer: B) Southern limit of the tropics


8. What latitude does the Arctic Circle cover?
(a).
(b). 23.5°N
(c). 66.5°N
(d). 66.5°S

Answer
           C

9. Where is the Antarctic Circle located?
(a).
(b). 23.5°N
(c). 66.5°N
(d). 66.5°S

Answer
           D

10. Which region extends between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
(a). Arctic region
(b). Temperate zone
(c). Tropical region
(d). Polar region

Answer
           C

11. What is the specialty of temperate zone?
(a). High temperature
(b). Extremely cold temperatures
(c). Moderate temperatures and four distinct seasons
(d). Continuous daylight

Answer
           C

12. What is longitude?
(a). Distance from the equator
(b). Angular distance measured east or west from the prime meridian.
(c). Angular distance north or south of the equator
(d). Angular distance measured north or south from the prime meridian.

Answer
           B

13. What is the angular measure of the prime meridian?
(a).
(b). 23.5°
(c). 66.5°N
(d). 180°

Answer
           A

14. Prime Meridian passes through which country?
(a). India
(b). USA
(c). China
(d). England

Answer
           D

15. What is Indian Standard Time based on?
(a). Tropic of Cancer
(b). Tropic of Capricorn
(c). Prime Meridian
(d). 82° 30′ East

Answer
           D

16. What does DST mean?
(a). Standard time of daylight
(b). Dark saving time
(c). Daylight Saving Time
(d). Daylight savings time

Answer
           C

17. How does GMT work?
(a). Global Mapping Tool
(b). Universal Meridian Time
(c). Greenwich Mean Time
(d). Greenwich Mapping Tool

Answer
           C

18. Where is the International Date Line located?
(a). 0° longitude
(b). 90° longitude
(c). 180° longitude
(d). 360° longitude

Answer
           C

19. The International Date Line marks the transition between?
(a). Time zone
(b). Equator and Pole
(c). Days of the week
(d). Consecutive calendar days

Answer
           D

20. What is the crossing of the International Date Line related to?
(a). One day’s loss or profit
(b). Change in temperature
(c). Change in latitude
(d). Change in time zone

Answer
           A

21. How many continents does the equator pass through?
(a). One
(b). Two
(c). Three
(d). Four

Answer
           C

22. What is the main purpose of latitude and longitude?
(a). Cooking
(b). Navigate
(c). Gardening
(d). Painting

Answer
           B

23. What is the angular measure of Tropic of Capricorn?
(a).
(b). 23.5°
(c). 66.5°N
(d). 23.5°S

Answer
           D

24. What does the Arctic Circle represent?
(a). Northern boundary of the tropics
(b). Southern border of the tropics
(c). The area where the Sun remains above the horizon for 24 hours during the summer solstice
(d). The region where the sun never sets

Answer
           C

25. What does the Tropic of Cancer affect?
(a). Length of day
(b). Northern border of the tropics
(c). Southern border of the tropics
(d). The area where the Sun remains above the horizon for 24 hours during the summer solstice

Answer
           A