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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 2 Globe Latitudes And Longitudes Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Is the Tropic of Cancer ABOVE the Equator or BELOW the Equator? A) Above. B) Below. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Above. 2. ..... is the hottest zone A) Frigid Zone. B) Temperate Zone. C) Torrid Zone. D) Options 2 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Torrid Zone. 3. Longitudes to the west of the Prime Meridian are called ..... longitudes. A) East. B) North. C) South. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 4. How many Latitudes on the earth? A) 120. B) 90. C) 360. D) 180. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 180. 5. Degree longitude is called as ..... A) Prime Meridian. B) International Date Line. C) Equator. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) International Date Line. 6. Total number of continents is A) 6. B) 7. C) 12. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 7. AM stands for ..... A) Before meridian. B) Post meridian. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before meridian. 8. The antarctic circle lies near A) The northern hemisphere. B) The southern hemisphere. C) The eastern hemisphere. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The southern hemisphere. 9. Longitude lines run from north to south. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What are the lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole called? A) Parallels of Latitude. B) Meridians of Longitude. C) Tropics. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meridians of Longitude. 11. Point where all the meridians meet is called ..... A) Equator. B) Focus. C) Pole. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pole. 12. ..... This zone lies between the tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn and receives the maximum amount of heat. A) Temperate zone. B) Frigid Zone. C) Torrid zone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Torrid zone. 13. Equator is considered ..... latitude. A) 99 DEGREES. B) 0 degrees. C) Smallest. D) 100 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0 degrees. 14. The continent of Asia is in which hemisphere? A) Southern. B) Western. C) Northern. D) Eastern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eastern. 15. Which is the hottest Zone? A) Frigid Zone. B) Temperate Zone. C) Torrid Zone. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Torrid Zone. 16. How many minutes are there in one degree of longitude? A) 4 minutes. B) 5 minutes. C) 10 minutes. D) 7 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 minutes. 17. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Frigid Zones? A) Located near the poles. B) Experience very cold temperatures. C) Receive slanting sun rays. D) Have the sun directly overhead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have the sun directly overhead. 18. IST stands for ..... A) Indian School Time. B) Indian Standard Time. C) Ireland Scheduled Time. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian Standard Time. 19. Meridian means ..... A) Full Moon day. B) New Moon day. C) One. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 20. Which is the 0$^\circ$ longitude A) Line. B) Great Circle. C) Equator. D) Prime meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prime meridian. 21. The place who 's longitude is ..... will be 2 hrs behind GMT. A) 30 degrees West. B) 71 degrees East. C) 30 degrees South. D) 48 degrees East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30 degrees West. 22. How many time zones are there in the world? A) 36. B) 24. C) 18. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 23. First date changes at A) Japan. B) New York. C) New Zealand. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Zealand. 24. What are the names of the five major lines of latitude? A) Meridian Line. B) Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle. C) Prime Meridian. D) Polar Circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle. 25. Dhubri in Assam is situated at ..... Latitude and ..... Longitudes. A) 28 degree S, 90 degree S. B) 20 degree S, 90 degree N. C) 26 degree N, 90 degree E. D) 26 degree S, 90 degree E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 degree N, 90 degree E. 26. The southern most point on the earth is called A) Tropic of cancer. B) Tropics. C) North pole. D) South pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South pole. 27. How many important parallels of latitude are there? A) 6. B) 1. C) 10. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5. 28. This region receives direct rays from the sun throughout the year. A) Torrid zone. B) Frigid zone. C) Temperate zone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torrid zone. 29. Which of the following are shown on the globe in their true size? A) Countries. B) Continents. C) Oceans. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 30. 1) All parallels lie north side of the equator are called A) North latitudes. B) North Longitudes. C) Prime Meridian. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North latitudes. 31. Name the Heat Zones in order A) Torrid Zone, Temprate zone, Frigid Zone. B) Temprate zone, Frigid Zone, Torrid Zone. C) Torrid Zone, Frigid Zone, Temprate zone. D) Frigid Zone, Temprate zone, Torrid Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Torrid Zone, Temprate zone, Frigid Zone. 32. If the time at Prime meridian 12:00 pm, what is the time at 180 degree longitude? A) 6:00 pm. B) 6:00 am. C) 12:00 pm. D) 12:00 am. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12:00 am. 33. The local time of 82Q30' E longitude is taken as a standard throughout India. It is known as A) Local time of India. B) Indian Standard Time (1ST). C) Both (a)and(d). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian Standard Time (1ST). 34. Between which parallels of latitudes is the Torrid Zone situated? A) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. B) Tropic of Cancer and Arctic Circle. C) Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. 35. What is the tilt of Earth's axis? A) 45 degrees. B) 33 degrees. C) 15 degrees. D) 23.5 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23.5 degrees. 36. Earth rotates along ..... A) West to East. B) North to South. C) South to South. D) East to West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West to East. 37. What is 0$^\circ$ longitude? A) Prime meridian. B) Equator. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime meridian. 38. In which ocean are Tonga Islands situated? A) Indian Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Pacific Ocean. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean. 39. What are latitudes and longitudes? A) Geographical coordinates used to specify a location on Earth. B) Historical landmarks. C) Temperature measurements. D) Lines on a map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographical coordinates used to specify a location on Earth. 40. What is a map scale? A) A tool to measure building length. B) A tool for survey. C) A tool to measure distance. D) A tool to tell direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A tool to measure distance. 41. The ..... degrees South latitude marks the South Pole. A) 90. B) 180. C) 0. D) 360. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90. 42. What are the heat zones of the Earth? A) Torrid Zone. B) Temperate zone. C) Frigid Zone. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 43. Latitudes run in an ..... direction. A) North-south. B) West-north. C) East-west. D) South-east. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) East-west. 44. Each time zones covers ..... of longitude. A) 15 degree. B) 1 degree. C) 23 1/2 degree. D) 60 degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15 degree. 45. Two end point of axis is called A) Grid. B) Equator. C) Poles. D) Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poles. 46. Total number of heat zones of the Earth are ..... A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 47. How much differences of time between Greenwich and India A) 6 hr. B) 4 hr. C) 5 hr 30 minutes. D) 8hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 hr 30 minutes. 48. The total number of parallels across the globe is A) 180. B) 90. C) 360. D) 181. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 181. 49. Describe the shape of the earth. A) It is a five-dimensional representation of the earth. B) A sphere which flattens at the poles and bulges at the center. C) I don"t know !!. D) The earth is a donut shaped planet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sphere which flattens at the poles and bulges at the center. 50. Network of Criss-crossing lines A) Grid. B) Globe. C) Map. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grid. 51. The southern part of Earth is known as ..... A) South Pole. B) North Pole. C) Southern Hemisphere. D) Northern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern Hemisphere. 52. Latitude 661/2$^\circ$ south of the equator is known as A) Antarctic circle. B) Equator. C) Prime meridian. D) Arctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctic circle. 53. The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two equal parts is known as the ..... A) Hemisphere. B) Equator. C) Axis. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator. 54. The first type of circles run from west to east and are parallel to Equator are called ..... A) Parallels. B) Latitudes. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 55. The total number of meridians across the globe A) 360. B) 181. C) 180. D) 90. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 360. 56. The imaginary line drawn around the Earth exactly midway between the two poles is called ..... A) Equator. B) Grid. C) Globe. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 57. Based on the heat received from the sun, the Earth is divided into ..... heat zones. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 58. The distance between the longitudes decreases towards ..... A) Pole. B) Pool. C) Ople. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pole. 59. How many Latitudes are there? A) 270. B) 450. C) 360. D) 180. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 360. 60. Horizontal lines drawn in the globe. A) None of them. B) Grid. C) Longitude. D) Latitude. 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