Locating Places on the Earth — Mastery

Q1. Which statement best captures the chapter's definition of a map?

• A. A photograph of the Earth from space
• B. A representation or drawing of an area, viewed as if from the top
• C. A list of place names
• D. A globe made of metal

Q2. Which of these is an intermediate direction rather than a cardinal direction?

• A. East
• B. West
• C. Southwest
• D. North

Q3. In the market example, a friend is told to meet at 'the 7th shop in the 5th row from the entrance.' How many coordinates fix the shop's position?

• A. One
• B. Three
• C. Four
• D. Two

Q4. GMT, the reference for standard times, stands for

• A. Greenwich Mean Time
• B. General Map Time
• C. Global Meridian Time
• D. Geographic Map Table

Q5. The chapter suggests peeling an orange and trying to flatten the skin. What does this activity illustrate?

• A. Oranges grow near the Equator
• B. A sphere cannot be represented accurately on a flat sheet
• C. Maps must always be coloured
• D. The Earth is a perfect sphere

Q6. Delhi and Bengaluru have almost the same longitude (about 77°E) but different latitudes. What does this imply about their local time?

• A. Bengaluru's local time is much later
• B. Delhi's local time is 2 hours behind
• C. Their local time is practically the same
• D. Their dates differ

Q7. Latitudes are expressed in which unit?

• A. Kilometres
• B. Hours
• C. Metres
• D. Degrees

Q8. In the chapter's chess example, the white side moves its pawn two squares forward. This move is described as

• A. From d2 to d4
• B. From a1 to a3
• C. From h7 to h5
• D. From e1 to e2

Q9. A traveller crosses the International Date Line going westward. What happens to the date?

• A. A day is subtracted (e.g., Monday to Sunday)
• B. A day is added (e.g., Sunday to Monday)
• C. The date stays the same
• D. The year changes

Q10. When you read a map, from which viewpoint are you looking at the surface?

• A. From the side, like a photograph
• B. From below the ground
• C. As if viewing it from the top
• D. Through a globe

Q11. Two maps show the same two cities, but Map A uses 1 cm = 100 km and Map B uses 1 cm = 200 km. On which map are the cities drawn farther apart?

• A. Map B
• B. They are identical
• C. Cannot be decided
• D. Map A

Q12. Longitude measures the distance of a place from which reference line?

• A. The Prime Meridian
• B. The Equator
• C. The Tropic of Cancer
• D. The International Date Line

Q13. Two friends in Porbandar (Gujarat) and Tinsukia (Assam) differ in longitude by about 30°. Why does the sun set earlier in Assam?

• A. Assam is at a higher latitude
• B. Assam lies further east, so its local time is ahead
• C. Gujarat follows GMT
• D. Assam has more time zones

Q14. Why are symbols used on maps of large cities or countries instead of small drawings of every building?

• A. Drawings are illegal on maps
• B. Symbols are more colourful
• C. There would not be enough space to draw them all
• D. Buildings cannot be drawn

Q15. The climate around the Equator is generally described in the chapter as

• A. Frigid
• B. Temperate
• C. Polar
• D. Torrid (hot)

Q16. According to the chapter, India's longitudes extend approximately from

• A. 68°E to 97°E
• B. 8°E to 37°E
• C. 0° to 180°
• D. 68°N to 97°N

Q17. When it is 12 noon (GMT) at London, what is the Indian Standard Time?

• A. 12 noon
• B. 5:30 pm
• C. 6:30 am
• D. 5:30 am

Q18. The Greenwich Meridian was not the first prime meridian. What does this tell us about India's astronomy?

• A. India copied Greenwich in 1884
• B. India never measured longitude
• C. Indian astronomers used the Ujjayinī meridian as a reference long before
• D. Ujjayinī lay on the Equator

Q19. On most maps, the arrow marked with the letter 'N' points to which direction?

• A. East
• B. South
• C. West
• D. North

Q20. Longitude is measured in degrees, increasing from 0° up to which maximum value, eastward or westward?

• A. 180°
• B. 90°
• C. 360°
• D. 100°

Q21. A map of India showing all its States, Union Territories and their capitals is an example of which kind of map?

• A. Physical map
• B. Political map
• C. Thematic map
• D. Weather map

Q22. Which statement is correct about the Equator?

• A. It is a meridian of longitude
• B. It runs from pole to pole
• C. It is also a parallel of latitude (at 0°)
• D. It is the Prime Meridian

Q23. If the Earth turns 360° in 24 hours, how many degrees of longitude does it turn through in one hour?

• A. 10°
• B. 24°
• C. 30°
• D. 15°

Q24. How can every place on Earth be precisely defined, according to the chapter's summary?

• A. With the help of a grid of latitudes and longitudes
• B. By its colour on a map
• C. By its distance from the sea
• D. Only by its local time

Q25. Which two time zones touch each other at the International Date Line?

• A. +1 and −1
• B. +12 and −12
• C. +6 and −6
• D. 0 and +12

Q26. Apart from the Earth, a globe could also be a sphere showing a map of which of the following?

• A. A river only
• B. A single city
• C. The Moon, Mars, stars and constellations
• D. An atlas

Q27. Indian Standard Time (IST) is based on what?

• A. The local time of New Delhi only
• B. The International Date Line
• C. The Equator
• D. A single meridian passing through the country

Q28. On a map with scale 1 cm = 500 m, a road is drawn 6 cm long. What is its real length?

• A. 3000 m (3 km)
• B. 500 m
• C. 6000 m
• D. 1200 m

Q29. On the time-zone map, the number written inside a country (with a + or − sign) tells you what?

• A. Its population
• B. The hours to add to or subtract from GMT to get its standard time
• C. Its latitude
• D. Its area in square kilometres

Q30. How is the everyday market-shop example connected to maps in the chapter?

• A. It shows how to draw symbols
• B. It explains map scale
• C. It introduces a system of coordinates used to locate any place on a map
• D. It defines the Equator