The Worldwide Standard for UTC was previously called as

  • Atlantic Mean Time
  • Arctic Mean Time
  • Greenwich Mean Time
  • Latin Mean Time

The functions of artificial satellites includes

  • calculation of local time
  • formation of hurricane
  • cloud development
  • both b and c

The Sun around June 21 directly overheads at the

  • Tropic of Virgo
  • Tropic of Cancer
  • Tropic of Capricorn
  • Tropic of Scorpio

The name of the engineer who proposed system of standard time is

  • Sir William Fleming
  • Sir Patrick Fleming
  • Sir Sandford Fleming
  • Sir Alexander Fleming

The imaginary lines that runs in north-south direction are called

  • south poles
  • latitudes
  • longitudes
  • north poles

The photographs taken from aero plane are classified as

  • meridian images
  • satellite images
  • landscape photographs
  • aerial photographs

The Antarctic Circle is located near the

  • South Pole
  • East Pole
  • West Pole
  • North Pole

The horizontal axis of bar graph is also known as

  • v-axis
  • x-axis
  • y-axis
  • h-axis

The latitudes that are represented by 'N' are included in

  • west of equator
  • east of equator
  • north of equator
  • south of equator

The Earth is divided into western and eastern hemispheres by the

  • Antarctic Meridian
  • Arctic Meridian
  • Prime Meridian
  • Latin Meridian

Considering the International Date Line, the hemisphere of which areas face the Sun first is

  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Eastern Hemisphere
  • Western Hemisphere

The places lying in Eastern Hemisphere see the sunlight before Western Hemisphere because Earth rotates from

  • south to north
  • west to east
  • east to west
  • north to south

Considering the longitudes, the degrees of International Date Line are

  • 120°W
  • 180°
  • 150°E

The imaginary lines that are parallel to Equator are called

  • south poles
  • latitudes
  • longitudes
  • north poles

The 23.5°N latitude is classified as

  • Tropic of Virgo
  • Tropic of Cancer
  • Tropic of Capricorn
  • Tropic of Scorpio

The degrees one should move to westwards in calculating local time are

  • 25° of longitude
  • 5° of longitude
  • 10° of longitude
  • 15° of longitude

The Prime Meridian is also known as

  • Arctic Meridian
  • Greenwich Meridian
  • Latin Meridian
  • Antarctic Meridian

The unit in which latitudes are measured is

  • inches
  • millimeters
  • centimeters
  • degrees

The South Pole is

  • 90°N
  • 50°S
  • 50°N
  • 90°S

The calendar days of Eastern and Western Hemispheres are separated by

  • Arctic Date Line
  • Antarctic Date Line
  • Latin Date line
  • International Date Line
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