CHAPTER 1: LOCATING PLACES ON THE EARTH
1. What is a map?
A. A drawing or representation of an area of the Earth
B. A model of the human body
C. A record of historical events
D. A list of geographical names
Answer: A. A drawing or representation of an area of the Earth
2. What is an atlas?
A. A book containing only historical stories
B. A book or collection of maps
C. A tool for measuring temperature
D. A device used to calculate time
Answer: B. A book or collection of maps
3. Which type of map mainly shows natural features such as mountains, rivers and oceans?
A. Political map
B. Physical map
C. Road map
D. Population map
Answer: B. Physical map
4. Which type of map shows countries, states, boundaries and cities?
A. Physical map
B. Weather map
C. Political map
D. Soil map
Answer: C. Political map
5. What is a thematic map?
A. A map showing a specific kind of information
B. A map showing only international borders
C. A map without any symbols
D. A drawing of a globe
Answer: A. A map showing a specific kind of information
6. Which three components are essential for understanding maps?
A. Distance, direction and symbols
B. Colour, temperature and rainfall
C. Population, language and religion
D. Height, weight and volume
Answer: A. Distance, direction and symbols
7. What does the scale of a map help us understand?
A. The actual distance represented by a distance on the map
B. The temperature of a place
C. The population of a country
D. The age of a mountain
Answer: A. The actual distance represented by a distance on the map
8. Why are symbols used on maps?
A. To decorate maps without conveying information
B. To represent features in limited space
C. To make maps difficult to understand
D. To replace all geographical names
Answer: B. To represent features in limited space
9. Which organisation has fixed a set of symbols for maps of India?
A. Reserve Bank of India
B. Survey of India
C. Election Commission of India
D. Indian Railways
Answer: B. Survey of India
10. Which direction is opposite to north?
A. East
B. West
C. South
D. Northeast
Answer: C. South
11. Which direction lies between north and east?
A. Northwest
B. Northeast
C. Southwest
D. Southeast
Answer: B. Northeast
12. Which direction lies between south and west?
A. Southeast
B. Northeast
C. Northwest
D. Southwest
Answer: D. Southwest
13. What is a globe?
A. A flat drawing of a country
B. A spherical model of the Earth
C. A collection of weather charts
D. A tool used only to measure distance
Answer: B. A spherical model of the Earth
14. Why does a globe represent the geography of the Earth better than a flat map in some respects?
A. The globe has no geographical features
B. The globe has a shape similar to the spherical Earth
C. The globe shows only political boundaries
D. The globe eliminates the need for coordinates
Answer: B. The globe has a shape similar to the spherical Earth
15. What is a coordinate system used for?
A. Precisely identifying a location
B. Measuring the weight of an object
C. Determining the age of a person
D. Recording rainfall only
Answer: A. Precisely identifying a location
16. Which two geographical coordinates are used to locate places on Earth?
A. Height and depth
B. Latitude and longitude
C. Distance and temperature
D. Rainfall and pressure
Answer: B. Latitude and longitude
17. What are latitudes?
A. Imaginary lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole
B. Imaginary lines running east to west, parallel to the Equator
C. Actual roads connecting cities
D. Boundaries between countries
Answer: B. Imaginary lines running east to west, parallel to the Equator
18. What is the Equator?
A. The longest parallel of latitude
B. The shortest meridian of longitude
C. A line marking India’s boundary
D. A line passing only through Europe
Answer: A. The longest parallel of latitude
19. What is the latitude of the Equator?
A. 90°N
B. 90°S
C. 0°
D. 180°
Answer: C. 0°
20. What is the latitude of the North Pole?
A. 0°
B. 45°N
C. 90°N
D. 180°E
Answer: C. 90°N
21. What is the latitude of the South Pole?
A. 90°S
B. 90°N
C. 0°
D. 45°E
Answer: A. 90°S
22. What happens to the size of parallels of latitude as we move away from the Equator towards either pole?
A. They become larger
B. They become smaller
C. They remain exactly the same size
D. They disappear immediately
Answer: B. They become smaller
23. Which climate is generally found around the Equator?
A. Frigid
B. Torrid
C. Polar
D. Extremely cold
Answer: B. Torrid
24. What are meridians of longitude?
A. Imaginary half-circles running from one pole to the other
B. Circles running parallel to the Equator
C. Actual boundaries between continents
D. Lines showing rainfall distribution
Answer: A. Imaginary half-circles running from one pole to the other
25. What is the Prime Meridian?
A. The reference meridian from which longitudes are measured
B. The longest parallel of latitude
C. The boundary between India and China
D. The line marking the Equator
Answer: A. The reference meridian from which longitudes are measured
26. Through which place does the internationally recognised Prime Meridian pass?
A. Mumbai
B. Greenwich
C. New Delhi
D. Ujjain
Answer: B. Greenwich
27. What is the longitude of the Prime Meridian?
A. 0°
B. 90°N
C. 90°S
D. 180°
Answer: A. 0°
28. Which line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
A. Prime Meridian
B. Equator
C. International Date Line
D. Tropic of Capricorn
Answer: B. Equator
29. Which line divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres in the diagram discussed in the chapter?
A. Equator
B. Tropic of Cancer
C. Greenwich Meridian
D. Arctic Circle
Answer: C. Greenwich Meridian
30. What was the Indian Prime Meridian called in ancient astronomical traditions?
A. Madhya rekhā
B. International Date Line
C. Standard Meridian of London
D. Equatorial Line
Answer: A. Madhya rekhā
31. Through which Indian city did the ancient madhya rekhā pass?
A. Chennai
B. Ujjayinī, present-day Ujjain
C. Kolkata
D. Ahmedabad
Answer: B. Ujjayinī, present-day Ujjain
32. Which famous Indian astronomer lived and worked at Ujjayinī?
A. Varāhamihira
B. Aryabhata only in modern times
C. Kalidasa as a cartographer
D. Chanakya as a navigator
Answer: A. Varāhamihira
33. Approximately between which latitudes does India extend, according to the map in the chapter?
A. 8°N to 37°N
B. 8°S to 37°S
C. 40°N to 70°N
D. 0° to 90°S
Answer: A. 8°N to 37°N
34. Approximately between which longitudes does India extend, according to the map in the chapter?
A. 20°E to 40°E
B. 68°E to 97°E
C. 100°W to 120°W
D. 0° to 30°W
Answer: B. 68°E to 97°E
35. Why does the Earth experience different local times at different longitudes?
A. The Earth rotates on its axis
B. The Earth never moves
C. All places receive sunlight at the same moment
D. Latitude alone determines the time of day
Answer: A. The Earth rotates on its axis
36. Approximately how much time difference corresponds to 15° of longitude?
A. 15 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. One hour
D. Two hours
Answer: C. One hour
37. Approximately how much time difference corresponds to 1° of longitude?
A. Four minutes
B. Ten minutes
C. Thirty minutes
D. One hour
Answer: A. Four minutes
38. What is local time?
A. Time determined for a particular place based on the Sun’s position
B. A time used identically by every country
C. Time determined only by the seasons
D. A time that never changes with longitude
Answer: A. Time determined for a particular place based on the Sun’s position
39. Why do countries generally adopt a standard time?
A. To avoid the inconvenience of using many different local times
B. To make every place have a different clock
C. To stop the Earth from rotating
D. To eliminate the need for maps
Answer: A. To avoid the inconvenience of using many different local times
40. What is Indian Standard Time (IST) ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) by?
A. 2 hours 30 minutes
B. 4 hours
C. 5 hours 30 minutes
D. 8 hours
Answer: C. 5 hours 30 minutes
41. What does GMT stand for?
A. Global Meridian Time
B. Greenwich Mean Time
C. General Map Time
D. Geographic Measurement Time
Answer: B. Greenwich Mean Time
42. What are time zones?
A. Broad regions that follow a common standard time
B. Areas where no clocks are used
C. Lines that mark only country borders
D. Regions determined only by rainfall
Answer: A. Broad regions that follow a common standard time
43. Why are time-zone boundaries not always straight?
A. They are adjusted to respect countries’ standard times and international borders
B. They follow every river exactly
C. They are drawn randomly without any purpose
D. They always follow the Equator
Answer: A. They are adjusted to respect countries’ standard times and international borders
44. What is the International Date Line located approximately near?
A. 0° longitude
B. 90°E longitude
C. 180° longitude
D. 90°N latitude
Answer: C. 180° longitude
45. What happens when you cross the International Date Line travelling eastward?
A. You add one day
B. You subtract one day
C. You add one month
D. The date never changes
Answer: B. You subtract one day
46. What happens when you cross the International Date Line travelling westward?
A. You subtract one day
B. You add one day
C. You subtract one year
D. The date never changes
Answer: B. You add one day
47. Why does the International Date Line deviate from a perfectly straight line in some places?
A. To avoid dividing some countries into two different calendar days
B. To follow the Equator
C. To pass through every national capital
D. To mark the highest mountains
Answer: A. To avoid dividing some countries into two different calendar days
48. If two places are 30° apart in longitude, approximately how much difference is there between their local times?
A. 30 minutes
B. One hour
C. Two hours
D. Five hours
Answer: C. Two hours
49. In the chapter’s example, why might the Sun have set in Tinsukia while daylight remains in Porbandar?
A. Tinsukia lies farther east, so its local solar time is ahead
B. Porbandar lies farther east, so its local solar time is ahead
C. Both places always have identical local time
D. Longitude has no relationship with local time
Answer: A. Tinsukia lies farther east, so its local solar time is ahead
50. What is the main advantage of using latitude and longitude together?
A. They help identify the precise location of a place on Earth
B. They measure the weight of the Earth
C. They determine the language spoken in a place
D. They show only political boundaries
Answer: A. They help identify the precise location of a place on Earth
