Longitude | MCQs

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The degree of the Greenwich meridian in England is 0° 0' 0", or the Prime Meridian: 

It is an imaginary line that runs through Greenwich, a borough of London and ends at the North and South poles.  

It was last established in 1851

Greenwich is an area in south-east London, England

It lies on the south bank of the River Thames in the historic county of Kent.

It is used as the reference for Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Greenwich is famous for calculating the time for all countries.

The Greenwich meridian, also known as the prime meridian, passes through the following countries:

• England
• France
• Spain
• Algeria
• Mali
• Burkina Faso
• Togo
• Ghana 
• Antarctica

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Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in angles from the equator.

زمین پر ایک نقطہ کی عرض بلد کو خط استوا سے زاویوں میں فاصلے سے ناپا جاتا ہے۔

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Pakistan is longitude 74 degrees, 22′ is the standard meridian of Pakistan

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Florida Strait is a strait located south-southeast of the North American mainland

It corresponds along most of its length to the 180th meridian of longitude but deviates eastward through the Bering Strait to avoid dividing Siberia and then deviates westward to include the Aleutian Islands with Alaska.

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

اگر دو مقامات کے درمیان وقت کا فرق 2 گھنٹے اور 20 منٹ تھا ، تو ان کے طول البلد میں فرق یہ ہوگا:

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Considering the longitudes, the degrees of International Date Line are 180

طول البلد پر غور کرتے ہوئے ، انٹرنیشنل ڈیٹ لائن کی ڈگریاں 180 ہیں۔

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 Brussels the administrative center of the European Union

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The unit of measurement for latitude and longitude is called a degree, which is indicated by a small circle to the upper left after a latitude or longitude is given (ex. 60°).

Latitude, the lines that run left to right on a map or globe, is always listed first when assigning a measurement.