This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 6 > Geography > Globe Latitudes And Longitudes > Class 6 Geography Chapter 2 Globe Latitudes And Longitudes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 2 Globe Latitudes And Longitudes Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the Standard Meridian of India? A) 90$^\circ$ E. B) 821/2$^\circ$ E. C) 0$^\circ$. D) 75$^\circ$ E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 821/2$^\circ$ E. 2. Which one of the following statements is false about the globe? A) It is a true model of the Earth. B) It is the flat representation of the Earth surface. C) It shows countries, continents and oceans in their correct size. D) It can be rotated the same way as a top spin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the flat representation of the Earth surface. 3. What is the longitudinal extent of the Earth? A) D) 360$^\circ$. B) 45$^\circ$. C) 120$^\circ$. D) 300$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D) 360$^\circ$. 4. A standard time is required because- A) There are difficulties in making the timetable of trains crossing several latitudes. B) There are difficulties in making the timetable of trains crossing several longitudes. C) There are difficulties in walking. D) There is need to conserve water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There are difficulties in making the timetable of trains crossing several longitudes. 5. Dhubri in Assam is situated at ..... A) 60$^\circ$E Longitude. B) 80$^\circ$E Longitude. C) 90$^\circ$E longitude. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 90$^\circ$E longitude. 6. Th spherical representation of the earth is called ..... A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Globe. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Globe. 7. When was the first ever globe created? A) 1492. B) 1089. C) 2004. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1492. 8. What is the meaning of post meridian? A) Before noon. B) After noon. C) Both a and b. D) None of thse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After noon. 9. Tropic of Capricorn is A) 66$^\circ$30' S latitude. B) 0$^\circ$ latitude. C) 23$^\circ$30' N latitude. D) 23$^\circ$30'S latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23$^\circ$30'S latitude. 10. Are Longitudes lines parallel? A) They are parallel and never meet each other. B) They are not parallel and meet each other. C) They are parallel and they meet each other. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are not parallel and meet each other. 11. A ..... is a set of horizontal and vertical lines that criss-cross each other and form a network. A) Poles. B) Grid. C) Parallel. D) Meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grid. 12. The value of the prime meridian is: A) 90$^\circ$. B) 0$^\circ$. C) 60$^\circ$. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0$^\circ$. 13. What is the shape of the Earth?a) Perfect sphereb) Ovalc) Slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equatord) Cube A) Slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator. B) Circle. C) Irregular shape. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator. 14. Longitudes are ..... A) Complete circles. B) Half circles. C) None of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Half circles. 15. As we move away from the equator towards either the north pole towards the south pole the climate changes from? A) Hot, warm, cool, cold. B) Cool, hot, cold, warm. C) Warm, cold, cool, hot. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot, warm, cool, cold. 16. Andaman and Niko bar islands are located in A) Bay of Bengal. B) Arabian Sea. C) Indian Ocean. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bay of Bengal. 17. What is the latitudinal value of the Tropic of Cancer? A) 0$^\circ$. B) 90$^\circ$ N. C) 66.5$^\circ$ N. D) 23.5$^\circ$ N. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23.5$^\circ$ N. 18. 4) Total number of latitudes are A) 180. B) 140. C) 90. D) 360. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 180. 19. There are ..... latitudes. A) 240. B) 180. C) 360. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 180. 20. Dhubri in Assam is located at which latitude? A) 35 degree S. B) 87 degree S. C) 24 degree N. D) 26 degree N. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 degree N. 21. Which of these lie in the Northern hemisphere? A) Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle. B) Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer. C) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle. D) Arctic Circle and Tropic of Capricorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer. 22. A needle fixed through the globe is called its ..... A) Poles. B) Axis. C) Zones. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Axis. 23. When rays are slanting and provides less heat are therefore are called ..... A) Frigid Zones. B) Temperate Zones. C) Torrid Zones. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frigid Zones. 24. What are the names of the four hemispheres on Earth? A) Western Hemisphere. B) Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere. C) Upper Hemisphere. D) Eastern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere. 25. What is the full form of IST? A) Indian state time. B) Indian standard tale. C) Indian standard time. D) Indian staple time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indian standard time. 26. How many meridians are there A) 360. B) 160. C) 200. D) 340. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 360. 27. THE LONGEST LATITUDE IS A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Antarctic Circle. C) Tropic of Capricorn. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 28. Imaginary line running on the globe divides it in to two equal part. This line is known as the ..... A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Arctic Circle. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 29. 90 degrees South A) Prime Meridian. B) South Pole. C) North Pole. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South Pole. 30. ..... is/are the hottest zone[s] A) Frigid Zone. B) Temperate Zone. C) Torrid Zone. D) Options 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Torrid Zone. 31. Grid is a network of A) Parallels of Latitudes and meridians of Longitudes. B) The tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. C) The north pole and the south pole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallels of Latitudes and meridians of Longitudes. 32. When northern and southern hemispheres have Moderate tempratures. These are therefore called ..... ? A) Torrid Zones. B) Temperate Zones. C) Frigid Zones. D) All of Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperate Zones. 33. The axis is parallel to the A) Equator. B) Prime meridian. C) All of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prime meridian. 34. Equator divides Earth in: A) SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. B) LATITTUDES AND LONGITUDES. C) SKY AND LAND. D) LAND AND WATER. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE. 35. The distance between the longitude A) Increases towards poles. B) Decreases towards poles. C) Decreases towards North pole only. D) Decreases towards South poles only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decreases towards poles. 36. Zero degree latitude is known as ..... A) Equator. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Arctic Circle. D) Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 37. 6) The ..... divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemisphere. A) Prime Meridian. B) Equator. C) Tropic of Cancer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator. 38. IST is ahead of GMT by how many hours? A) 5 hours 30 minutes. B) 4 hours 30 minutes. C) 3 hours 30 minutes. D) 2 hours 30 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 hours 30 minutes. 39. Longitudes are ..... line on the earth's surface. A) Horizontal Lines. B) Vertical Lines. C) None of above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vertical Lines. 40. What direction does latitude run in? A) Up-down. B) East-west. C) West-east. D) Right-left. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West-east. 41. A true model (miniature form) of the earth is called ..... A) Map. B) Globe. C) Compass. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Globe. 42. The imaginary lines that run vertically from North to South are ..... A) Longitudes. B) Latitudes. C) Parrallels. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitudes. 43. Which is the coldest zone? A) Frigid zone. B) Torrid zone. C) Temperate zone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frigid zone. 44. The 0$^\circ$ Meridian is known as A) Prime Meridian. B) 821/2$^\circ$E. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Meridian. 45. There are ..... latititudes in the world. A) 180. B) 200. C) 183. D) 181. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 181. 46. Tropic of Capricorn is 23 1/2 degree north A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. Which of the following is a longitude? A) Prime meridian. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Antarctic circle. D) Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime meridian. 48. The value of each latitude is therefore followed by either the word ..... or ..... A) North east. B) East or West. C) North or South. D) South west. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North or South. 49. The Antarctic Circle is located in which hemisphere? A) Central. B) Southern. C) Tropical. D) Arctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Southern. 50. By measuring the angle ..... your place, you can know the ..... of your place. A) Pole Star, latitude. B) Sun, longitude. C) Moon, latitude. D) Pole Star, longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pole Star, latitude. 51. What are east to west lines called? A) Heat zones. B) Longitudes. C) Latitudes. D) Grid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitudes. 52. The longitude that determines the Indian Standard Time is A) 72$^\circ$30E. B) 82$^\circ$30E. C) 180$^\circ$. D) 86 $^\circ$ 90E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 82$^\circ$30E. 53. Which of the following region is located at the South pole? A) Greenwich. B) Kashmir. C) Arctic circle. D) Antarctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctic circle. 54. A grid is made of A) Latitudes or parallels. B) Longitudes or meridians. C) Both a & b. D) Neither a nor b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a & b. 55. The 0$^\circ$ Latitude ..... A) Prime Meridian. B) Equator. C) Pole. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator. 56. Earth's shape is- A) Gently. B) Circle. C) Geoid. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geoid. 57. What is the capital city of Goa? A) Panaji. B) Chennai. C) Delhi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panaji. 58. The local time at any place is determined by: A) F) Population density. B) A) Longitude. C) G) Time zones. D) E) Altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A) Longitude. 59. The Mid Day sun is exactly overhead at least once a year on all latitudes in between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn, This area therefore receives maximum heat and is called ..... A) All of them. B) Frigid Zones. C) Temperate Zone. D) Torrid Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Torrid Zone. 60. What is the purpose of the grid system on a globe? A) To predict the weather patterns. B) To measure the distance between planets. C) To study the behavior of ocean currents. D) To locate places precisely. 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