What is a Chromometer?
A. | An instrument used to measure the degree of latitude and longitude of a place. |
B. | A highly accurate tfrrie piece which is used to keep Greenwich meantime. |
C. | A scale which tells time corresponding to each longitude |
D. | A scale which tells the distance between any two places whose latitudes and longitudes are known. |
Option: B Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
When it is 8 P.M. in Tokyo what is the time at Panama Canal which is located at 180oW of it?
A. | 4.00 P.M. |
B. | 8.00 P.M. |
C. | 12.00 A. M. |
D. | 12.00 Noon |
Option: B Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
Which of the following are true regarding the Prime meridian?
1. It passes through the centre of a certain country
2. It passes through the centre of the globe.
3. It passes through the observatory at Greenwich near London.
A. | 1 &2 |
B. | 1& 3 |
C. | 1,2 & 3 |
D. | 2&3 |
Option: B Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
The shortest distance beiween two points on the Earth's surface is the arc of the great circle passing through them. Such a route of navigation is known as
A. | Loxodrome |
B. | Orthodrome |
C. | Rhumbline |
D. | Merdian route |
Option: B Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
Which of the following statements is true?
A. | Arctic circle antarctic circle and equator are great circles |
B. | Both equator and longitudes are great circles |
C. | Both latitudes and longitudes are great circles |
D. | Both equator and latitudes are great circles |
Option: B Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |