Locating places on the Earth Class 6 Geography

locating places on the earth class 6 ncert very short question answer making 30

Here is a complete set of 30 very short question-answers for Class 6 Social Science (Geography) based on the NCERT chapter, Chapter 1 "Locating Places on the Earth". 

These questions are structured to help students quickly memorize key geographic facts, coordinate systems, and time calculations. 

Section 1: Globes, Axis, and Hemispheres

Q1: What is a globe?

Ans: A globe is a small, three-dimensional miniature model of the Earth.

Q2: What is the axis of the Earth?

Ans: The imaginary line around which the Earth rotates is called its axis.

Q3: Name the two end-points of the Earth's axis.

Ans: The North Pole and the South Pole.

Q4: What is the Equator?

Ans: An imaginary circular line that divides the Earth into two equal halves.

Q5: In which hemisphere is India located?

Ans: India is located in the Northern Hemisphere.

Q6: What is the Southern Hemisphere?

Ans: The half of the Earth located to the south of the Equator. 

Section 2: Parallels of Latitude

Q7: What are parallels of latitude?

Ans: All parallel circles running from the Equator up to the poles are called latitudes.

Q8: What is the degree value of the Equator?

Ans: 0° latitude.

Q9: What is the latitude of the North Pole?

Ans: 90° N latitude.

Q10: Name the latitude located at 23½° N.

Ans: The Tropic of Cancer.

Q11: Name the latitude located at 23½° S.

Ans: The Tropic of Capricorn.

Q12: What is the degree value of the Arctic Circle?

Ans: 66½° N latitude.

Q13: What is the degree value of the Antarctic Circle?

Ans: 66½° S latitude.

Q14: What happens to the size of the parallels of latitude as we move towards the poles?

Ans: The size of the parallels of latitude decreases continuously. 

Section 3: Heat Zones of the Earth

Q15: Name the three heat zones of the Earth.

Ans: The Torrid Zone, Temperate Zone, and Frigid Zone.

Q16: Why does the Torrid Zone receive the maximum amount of heat?

Ans: Because the midday sun shines directly overhead at least once a year in this zone.

Q17: Where is the Frigid Zone located?

Ans: Between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, and the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

Q18: Why is the Frigid Zone extremely cold?

Ans: Because the sun rays fall at a very slanting angle and provide very little heat. 

Section 4: Meridians of Longitude

Q19: What are meridians of longitude?

Ans: The imaginary semi-circular lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Q20: What is the Prime Meridian?

Ans: The meridian that passes through Greenwich (London) and has a value of 0° longitude.

Q21: Into which two halves does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth?

Ans: The Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.

Q22: What is the total number of longitudes on Earth?

Ans: 360 longitudes (180 to the East and 180 to the West).

Q23: What feature is unique about the 180° E and 180° W longitudes?

Ans: Both 180° E and 180° W lie on the exact same line.

Q24: What is a geographical grid?

Ans: The network formed by the intersection of latitudes and longitudes on a globe. 

Section 5: Longitude and Time

Q25: In which direction does the Earth rotate on its axis?

Ans: From West to East.

Q26: How much time does the Earth take to rotate through 1° of longitude?

Ans: 4 minutes.

Q27: How many degrees does the Earth rotate in one hour?

Ans: 15 degrees 

Q28: What is local time?

Ans: The time calculated by the position of the sun in the sky at a specific meridian.

Q29: What is the standard meridian of India?

Ans: 82½° E (82° 30' E) longitude.

Q30: What is the time difference between Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?

Ans: IST is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of GMT.