In the New Millennium, the first ray of the Sun was seen in which of the following Meridians of India –
Correct Answer:
(D)
93° 30’E
According to the Royal Greenwich-Laboratory’s declaration the first ray of the sunrise, in India on the occasion of New Millennium was seen upon the Katchal Island near Andaman Nicobar Island. Katchal is situated nearly 1600 Km away from the mainland of India and at 300 Km distance from Port Blair and between the 8° North latitude and 93° – 94° East Meridian. Therefore, the nearest option will be (d).
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2
The basis of deciding the standard time of any place is–
Correct Answer:
(D)
Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian line is also known as International Meridian or Greenwich meridian. This line passes through England’s Royal Greenwich Observatory. Line situated at Zero degree longitude determines the International Standard Time. 180° longitude is called as International Date Line. Prime Meridian (0° longitude) passes through the following countries –
(1) United Kingdom, (2) France, (3) Spain, (4) Algeria, (5) Mali, (6) Burkina-Faso, (7) Togo, (8) Ghana, (9) Antarctica (South Pole).
Ques:
3
Time of which of the following places is equal to the time of GMT.
1. Accra 2. Dublin
3. Madrid 4. Lisbon
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Correct Answer:
(C)
1, 2 and 4
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is calculated from Royal Greenwich Observatory (London) (at 0° meridian). Some other countries which are away from it also use time of GMT as given here-
Iceland Sierra Leone
Ireland Liberia
Portugal Ivory Coast
Canary Islands Burkina Faso
Mauritania Togo
Mali Ghana
Senegal Guinea
This is notable that Capital of Ghana, Ireland and Portugal respectively are Accra, Dublin and Lisbon use the time of GMT, Madrid which is the capital of Spain situated at 3° 43’ Meridian at the West and its time is not equivalent to Standard time (Time at Greenwich) or G.M.T.
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4
Which one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three Cities at any given instant?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
London (U.K.), Lisbon (Portugal) and Accra (Ghana) have similar time as all the three uses Greenwich time. Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia is located at 38° 74' E, whose time is 2 hours, 36 minutes, 26 seconds ahead of GMT.
Ques:
5
The standard time of the following countries is ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time depending on whether they are East or West of the longitude passing through Greenwich.
(1) Cuba (2) Greece
(3) Iraq (4) Costa Rica
(5) Japan
Which one of the following sequential orders gives the correct arrangement of the countries according to their standard time from ahead to behind GMT?
Correct Answer:
(A)
5, 3, 2, 1, 4
Greenwich line (0° longitude) passes through Britain. World standard time is measured from here. Time in Eastern hemisphere is ahead of Western hemisphere. The standard time of above mentioned countries are given below :
Japan = +9 hours
Iraq = + 3 hours
Greece = + 2 hours
Cuba = –5 hours
Costa Rica = –6 hours
Hence, the correct sequence of standard time ahead to behind GMT is 5, 3, 2, 1, 4 Japan, Iraq, Greece, Cuba and Costa Rica.
Ques:
6
International Date Line passes through –
Correct Answer:
(C)
Pacific ocean
International date line is an imaginary line on the Earth which separates two consecutive days on the calendar. This line passes through 180° opposite to Greenwich (England) from the Pacific Ocean. This line turns when any land area falls in the way of this line.
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7
Correct Latitudinal position of a place that could be possible is-
Correct Answer:
(C)
45° South
Latitudes in the Greek language is generally denoted by the letter ϕ. It shows the places towards North and South of Equator. 900 Northern latitude is called the North Pole while 900 Southern latitude is called the South Pole which are just points not the circle, but other latitudes on both sides of Equator are imaginary circles. East and West of Prime Meridian are 3600 longitudes So, in above option obliviously 450 East and 910 West are representing longitudinal positions and 910 North has no meaning. Therefore 450 South represents the correct latitudinal position of a place.
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8
Which of the following is not a great circle on the globe-
Correct Answer:
(D)
60° North latitude
A great circle is that line which divides a sphere into two hemispheres. Upon the Earth, all the meridian’s longitudes and the Equator are great circles. Except for equator no other latitude is a great circle because they are smaller in comparison to the Equator.
Ques:
9
Zero-degree latitude and zero-degree longitude lies in the
Correct Answer:
(A)
Atlantic Ocean
The point at which Equator (0° latitude) and the Prime Meridian (0° longitude) intersect has no real significance but it is in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, so the correct option is (a).
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10
Among the following cities which one lies in the farthest North ?
Correct Answer:
(D)
Rome
On the globe, the Northernmost and Southernmost position of a place, city and the country are decided by latitudes. The more the angle of the latitude of a place in the southern or northern hemisphere will be the more Southernmost or Northernmost point, Position of the following cities are –
(City) (Latitude)
Beijing (China) 39° 55' N
New Delhi (India) 28° 38' N
New York (U.S.A) 40° 45' N
Rome (Italy) 41° 54' N
Latitude of Rome is highest in comparison to other cities. Therefore, Rome is northernmost city among the given option.