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#1. The terms longitude and latitude were first used by
#2. The ratio between meridian and equator on globe is
#3. The continent through which both the tropic of cancer and the Tropic of capricorn pass is
#4. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Assertion (A): The length of the day at the equator is always 12 hours.
Reason (R): The angle of incidence of the Sun’s rays at the equator is constant.
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#5. Consider the following statements:
1. The axis of the Earth’s magnetic field is inclined to 23(1/2)degree the geographic axis of the Earth.
2. The Earth’s magnetic pole in the Northern hemisphere is located on a peninsula in Northern Canada.
3. Earth’s magnetic equator passes through Thumba in South India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
#6. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the descending order of the latitudinal zones of ocean salinity? Use the codes given below to select the correct answer:
1. ICN — 150N
2. 150 —400N
3. 400N — 500N
4. 500N — 700N
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#7. Which one of the following characteristics of the earth is not explained by the tetrahedral hypothesis?
#8. Consider the following statements:
1. Either of the two belts over the oceans at about 30o to 350 N and S latitudes is known as Horse Latitude.
2. Horse latitude are low pressure belts.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
#9. Match column I with column II and select the correct answer using the code given below the columns:
List I — List II
(A) Tropic of cancer — (i)23(1/2)degree N
(B) Tropic of Capricorn — (ii)23(1/2)degree S
(C) Arctic circle — (iii)66(1/2)degree N
(D) Antarctic circle — (iv)66(1/2)degrees
Codes : A B C D
#10. Match list I with list II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list.
(List I) Latitude — (List II) Corresponding Location
A. 0° latitude — i. Standard Meridian of India
B. 88½° E — ii. Arctic Circle
C. 23½° S — iii. Equator
D. 66½° N — iv. Tropic of Capricorn
Codes : A B C D
#11. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer with the help of codes given below:
Assertion(A) : Mercator’s projection has been used for making navigational charts.
Reason (R) : Loxodromes are shown as straight lines on this.
#12. The equator passes through
#13. 90° E Ridge lies in
#14. The inter section point of the Prime Meridian and the Equator lies in
#15. Which river of Africa crosses the Tropic of Capricorn twice?
#16. What are the date/dates on which day and night are equal in both the hemispheres?
#17. Isopleth depicting the same mean value of sun shine is termed
#18. Which of the following two countries are separated by the 49th parallel?
#19. International Date line is
#20. Which continent of the world does not have a desert?
#21. Asia has large areas of inland drainage. Why is it so?
#22. Name the Continents that form a mirror image of each other
#23. The following question consist of two statements I and statements II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answer to these question using the code given below
Statement l:- El Nino is a temperature rising phenomenon over the Pacific Ocean and usually causes dry monsoon in South Asia.
Statement II:- Tsunamis are usually not noticed as the massive ocean waves move silently but assume destructive form as these travel through shallow waters of continental shelves.
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#24. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and other labelled as Reason (R). Select your answer from the codes given below—
Assertion (A) : Maps that are usually referring to various attributes information are called complex Thematic maps.
Reason (R) : Complex Thematic Maps are used to show locations of earth’s different features and activities.
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#25. The equatorial circumference of the Earth is nearly—
