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21.

Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in:

A.	Kilometres from the poles	B.	Angles from the equator
C.	Kilometres from the equators	D.	None of these

22.

The International Date-line is an imaginary line extending from pole to pole along the places on the earth's surface and lies along the:

A.	0	B.	180
C.	100	D.	120

23.

The equator is:

A.	90	B.	0
C.	0	D.	None of these

24.

What is the longitude of a town if its local time is 6 pm when Greenwich time is 4:00 pm?

A.	20	B.	30
C.	20	D.	20

25.

Maximum difference in the spacing of longtudes is:

A.	At poles	B.	At equator
C.	At tropic	D.	At Arctic circle

26.

The local time of a place is known with reference to its:

A.	Distance from the capital city	B.	Longitudinal position
C.	Latitudinal position	D.	None of these

27.

How many lines of latitude are there on the globe?

A.	90	B.	180
C.	181	D.	360

28.

What is a chronometer?

A.	An instrument used to measure the degree of latitude	B.	Al highly accurate time piece which is used to keep Greenwich meantime
C.	A scale which tells the distance between any tow places	D.	None of these

29.

What is Graticule?

A.	The complete network of parallels and meridian on the earth	B.	The latitudinal extent of country
C.	The difference between standard time	D.	None of these

30.

Which of the following is a small circle?

A.	Equator	B.	23.5
C.	20.5	D.	25