International Date Line & Its Importance

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Difference between boarding time and departure time

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RPA can help to automate periodic reporting. a) True b) False

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Make a meaningful sentence of your own using the following phrase "to look into".

Q. With reference to IDL , the day on the Earth starts in the _____ and ends in the _______.

1. East, West
2. North, South
3. West, East
4. South, North

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Re-arrange the ten stations in two different sequences:

(i) According to their distance from the equator.

(ii) According to their altitude above mean sea-level.

Q. The International Date Line (IDL) is at 180 degrees longitude and not at any other location. Why?

1. It is required that the IDL is farthest from the Greenwich meridian.
2. It is required that IDL does not cut cross any country.
3. It is required that IDL passes from the largest ocean.
4. IDL is changed from time to time from 90 degrees longitude to 270 degrees longitude from the Greenwich.

Q. The ____________ passes through the mid-Pacific Ocean and roughly follows the 180 degrees longitude north-south line on the Earth.

1. International Date Line
2. Prime Meridian
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn

Q. IDL helps in coordination/identification of which of the following?

1. Global transportation
2. Air traffic
3. Cricket match
4. Identifying the hemisphere

Q. Earth rotates from west to east. Therefore, in terms of time the eastern part of the earth is ahead of the western part.

1. True
2. False

Q. I am the largest ocean in the world. International Date Line mostly passes through me. Who am I?

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

Q. The Prime Meridian passes through ___ degree longitude.

1. 135
2. 90
3. 45
4. 0

Q. What is the time difference between the GMT and the IST?
IST- Indian Standard Time
GMT- Greenwich Mean Time

1. IST is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT
2. GMT is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of IST
3. IST is equal to GMT
4. IST is less than 1 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT

Q. The International Date Line functions as a “______________” separating two consecutive calendar dates.

1. Indefinite line
2. Open line
3. Void line
4. Line of demarcation

Q. In which country is Greenwich located?

1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. Russia
4. England

Q. The Greenwich meridian passes through which of the following countries?

1. Togo
2. Portugal
3. Spain
4. Burkina Faso

Q. The Western Hemisphere is on the _____ of IDL.

1. East
2. West
3. North
4. South

Q. Where is the Prime Meridian situated?

1. 0-degree latitude
2. 0-degree longitude
3. 180-degree longitude
4. 180-degree latitude

Q. Earth takes _____ hours to complete one full rotation.

1. 6
2. 1
3. 24
4. 2

Q. The International date line passes through the ______________ region.

1. Mid Indian Ocean
2. Mid Atlantic
3. Mid Pacific
4. Mid Asia

Q. In between which two regions is Bering Strait situated?

1. Russia - USA
2. USA - Canada
3. Canada - Russia
4. Australia - New Zealand

Q. Travellers moving towards the west and across the IDL should set their calendars __________.

1. two days ahead
2. one day ahead
3. one day back
4. two days back

Q. Our 24 hours day starts at 12 midnight because of earths revolution.

1. True
2. False

Q. Can one region of Earth experience day and another region experience night at the same time?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Not yet proven
4. Less information in question

Q. Where is the International Date Line situated?

1. 180-degree longitude East
2. 180-degree longitude West
3. 180-degree longitude South
4. Both a & b is correct

Q. The IDL mostly corresponds to the ________degree longitude but deviates eastward through the Bering Strait to avoid Siberia and then deviates westward to include the Aleutian Islands with Alaska.

1. 45
2. 90
3. 180
4. 20

Q. If you are living exactly on the International Date Line, you will be _____.

1. Among the last people to leave a date.
2. Among the first people to enter a new date.
3. Among the first people to witness a volcano.
4. Among the last people to witness a volcano.

Q. If we experience sunrise at the place we live, is there a possibility that another place on the earth is experiencing sunset?

1. Yes
2. No
3. Not yet proven
4. Less information in question

Q. What happens when Sid sailing at 180 degree longitude move ________, he will _______.

1. move back a day
2. move a day ahead
3. have same date

Q. Egan from South Africa loves Christmas which happens every 25th December; he was not able to sleep at 1 am on 26th December as he wanted to celebrate Christmas one more time, can you help him decide, in which countries he can actually go for celebrating Christmas by his personal jet?

1. Australia
2. Canada
3. India
4. Brazil

Q. Statement I: The International Date Line (IDL) divides the Earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

Statement II: The Coordinated Universal Time (or UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.

Which of the following statement is correct?

1. Only statement I
2. Only statement II
3. Both statements are correct
4. Both statements are incorrect