Static Quiz 30 July 2022 (Geography)

Solution: b)

• Unlike parallels of latitude, all meridians are of equal length. This made numbering of meridians difficult.
• Hence, all countries decided that the count should begin from the meridian which passed through Greenwich, where the British Royal Observatory is located.
• This meridian is called the Prime Meridian.

Option C and D: These curves depend on the climatic profile of the zones in question that varies considerably over earth. For e.g. southern hemisphere will have straighter and more equal isotherms than northern hemisphere, for the reason that extreme temperature variation in southern hemisphere is less common than northern.

Solution: d)

Sunrise will be at the earliest at the easternmost location on earth, given that earth rotates from west to east. Arabian Sea, at Indian coastline, is the easternmost point. So, D is the answer. North Sea lies the farthest among all options, hence will see sunrise later than others. Black Sea lies to the west of Caspian Sea

Solution: a)

The distance between two latitudes remains the same everywhere.

Solution: a)

Solution: a)