Question

Consider the following statements:

1. Equator is the largest latitude of earth dividing the earth in three equal halves.

2. An imaginary longitude line on the surface of the Earth located at about 180 degrees east of the Greenwich Meridian is the International Date Line (IDL).

3. A location's latitude is measured as the angular distance between the location and the equator.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.  

1. 1 and 2 only
2. 2 and 3 only 
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 2 and 3 only 

The correct answer is 2 and 3 only

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• The Equator is a line around the centre of a planet or other celestial body that is imaginary. At a latitude of 0 degrees, it is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

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• The world is divided into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere by the equator.
• The Planet, at its equator, is the widest. At the Equator's diameter, the distance around the Planet is 40,075 kilometers. At the Equator, the circumference of the Earth is, therefore, larger, creating a phenomenon called an equatorial bulge.

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• The International Date Line is an imaginary line of longitude located at about 180 degrees east (or west) of the Greenwich Meridian on the surface of the Earth and marks the divide where one day changes the date.
• In order to avoid dividing countries into two, especially in the Polynesia zone, some deviations from the 180-degree meridian are made.