Question: The sun always rise in the east because ____.

• 1. The earth revolves around the sun from west to east
• 2. The earth rotates from west to east
• 3. The earth rotates from east to west
• 4. It is located in east

Question: In which month is the Earth the closest to the sun?

• 1. February
• 2. January
• 3. April
• 4. May

Question: What is a chronometer?

• 1. Al highly accurate time piece which is used to keep Greenwich meantime
• 2. An instrument used to measure the degree of latitude
• 3. A scale which tells the distance between any tow places
• 4. All of these

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

• 1. Longitudinal position
• 2. Distance from the capital city
• 3. Latitudinal position
• 4. All of these

Question: The International Date-line is located in the _________ Ocean?

• 1. Atlantic Ocean
• 2. Indian Ocean
• 3. Pacific Ocean
• 4. Arctic Ocean

Question: One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of__?

• 1. 79 miles
• 2. 69 miles
• 3. 59 miles
• 4. 49 miles

Question: The earth turns through 360:

• 1. One hour
• 2. One hour
• 3. Forty-five minutes
• 4. None

Question: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the standard time of which of the following countries?

• 1. China
• 2. Germany
• 3. USA
• 4. UK

Question: When ship crosses Dateline from west to east?

• 1. It gains one day
• 2. It loses one day
• 3. It gains one day
• 4. None of these

Question: If the difference in time between two places were 2 hours and 20 minutes, then the difference in their longitude would be:

• 1. 20
• 2. 30
• 3. 35
• 4. 40