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.
