Question

Which of the following latitude divides India into alost two equal halves?

• A. ${23}^{\circ }{30}^{\prime }E$
• B. ${23}^{\circ }{30}^{\prime }N$
• C. ${82}^{\circ }{30}^{\prime }E$
• D. ${82}^{\circ }{30}^{\prime }N$
• E. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

${23}^{\circ }{30}^{\prime }N$

Tropic of Cancer divides India into almost two equal parts. Tropic of Cancer is the northerly circle of the latitude on the Earth at an angle of 23.43 degrees north to the equator, at which the Sun appears to be directly overhead at its culmination. It is also called as the Northern Tropic.