CLASS–I

X
THEGEOGRAPHI
CGRI
D
QUESTI
ON&ANSWERS
1.Def
inel
ati
tude.Howi
sitmeasur
ed?
Lati
tudei
stheangul
ardist
anceofaplacenor
thorsout
h
oftheEquat
or.I
tismeasuredi
ndegrees,mi
nutes&
seconds.
2.Def
inel
ongi
tude.Whati
sit
suni
tofmeasur
ement
?
Longit
udeist
heangul
ardist
anceofaplaceeastorwest
ofthePri
meMeridi
an.I
tismeasuredi
ndegrees,minut
es
&seconds.
3.Whatar
epar
all
elsofl
ati
tudes?Whyar
etheysocal
l
ed?
Animaginaryli
nejoi
ningal
lpl
aceshav
ingthesame
angul
ardistancenort
horsout
hoftheEquatori
sknownas
paral
l
eloflati
tude.
Si
nce,t
heli
nesoflat
it
udesarepar
all
eltothe
Equator&toeachot
hertheyareknownasparal
lel
sof
l
ati
tudes.
4.Whatar
elongi
tudesal
soknownas&why
?
Longitudesar
ealsoknownas‘ mer
idi
ans’
.Theword
meridianmeans‘mid-
day’or‘
noon’
.Allpl
acesonthesame
l
ongitudeexperi
encenoonatthesamet i
me.Thus,
l
ongitudesarecall
edmeri
dians.
5.Whi
chi
sthemosti
mpor
tantl
ati
tude&why
?
TheEquat
or(
0⁰)i
sthemosti
mpor
tantl
ati
tudebecause
a)i
tpassesthr
ought
hemi ddl
eoft
heear
th&div
idest
he
ear
thint
otwoequalpar
ts–Nort
her
n&Southern
 hemi
spher
es.
b)al
lotherl
ati
tudesaremeasur
edasangul
ardi
stances
nor
th&southoft heequat
or.
6.Whyi
sthemosti
mpor
tantl
ongi
tude&why
?
ThePrimeMer
idi
an(
0⁰)i
sthemosti
mpor
tantl
ongi
tude
because
a)i
tjoi
nswit
h180⁰andformsagr eatci
rcl
ewhichdiv
ides
t
heearthi
ntotwoequalpar
tsknownast heEast
ern&
Wester
nhemispher
es.
b)t
imeatthePrimeMeri
diani
sknownasGreenwich
MeanTime&t heti
meallov
ert
heworl
discalculat
ed
wi
thref
erencetoGMT.
7.Whati
sthesi
gni
fi
canceoft
heI
nter
nat
ional
Dat
eLi
ne?
Theti
meonei
thersi
deoft
heI
DLdi
ff
ersby24hr
sorone
day.
SooncrossingtheIDL,thedat
echangesbyaday
.Hence,
i
tiscal
l
edt heInter
nat
ionalDat
eLi
ne.
8.Whati
stheGeogr
aphi
cGr
id?Whyi
siti
mpor
tant
?
Thenetworkofparal
l
els&mer i
diansformedbythe
i
nter
secti
onoftheseimaginar
ylinesdrawnontheglobes
&mapsi scal
ledGeographi
cGrid.
I
thel
pst
olocat
epl
acesont
heear
theasi
l
y&
accur
atel
y.
9.WhydoestheIDLdev
iat
e&z
igzagnearsomei
sl
andsi
n
t
hePacif
icOcean?
TheIDLdevi
atesneart
heislandstoavoidconf
usi
onof
di
ff
erentdat
eswithi
nthesamecount ry.I
thel
pstokeepal
l
l
andsunderthesameadmi nist
rat
ionononesideofthe
 Dat
eLi
ne.
10. Howi
sst
andar
dti
medet
ermi
ned?
Thewor l
disdi
v i
dedint
ot i
mez ones.Thecent
rallongi
tude
ofeachzoneofeachzonei sconsideredasi
tsstandard
meridi
an.Thelocalt
imeoft hi
sstandardmeri
dianistaken
asthestandar
dt i
meoft heenti
rezone.