Integrated Guidance Programme of General Studies for IAS
(Pre)
Subject - India & World Geography
Chapter : Lithosphere
1. Consider the following, which of these are correct?
i) The word “Equinox” means equal days and equal nights
ii) On June 21 when the sun is overhead the tropic of Cancer it is called Winter
Solstice
iii) On Dec 22 when the Sun is overhead the tropic of Capricorn it is called as
Summer solstice.
a) i only
b) i and ii
c) ii and iii
d) iii only
2. Which of the following are correct?
i) Latitude is the angular distance measured in degrees from the center of
the earth
ii) Longitude is the angular distance measured in degrees along the equator
iii) Longitudes help in determining the local time in relation to the Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT)
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) all of the above
d) none
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