India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that __________________________.

longitudes are not parallel lines

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the distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join

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all longitudes with their opposites form great circles

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the earth is not a perfect sphere

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The correct option is B the distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join
India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact the distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join

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Q. 22. Consider the following statements.
i) Distance between two longitudes decreases towards the poles whereas the distance between two latitudes remains the same everywhere.
ii) The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of Indian are roughly about 30 degrees, whereas the actual distance measured from north to south extremity is 2,933 km and that from east to west is only 3,214 km.
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Q. Which of the following statements are true about latitudes and longitudes.
I. All latitudes are angular distances measured towards the Pole from the Equator.
II. All longitudes do not join at poles.
III. All Parallels and Meridians are imaginary lines.
IV. Latitudes are used to determine the time of a place.

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1 only
2 only
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Q. Latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India are 30

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. Then why is the North-South extent longer than the East-West extent?

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