SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Half of the earth that is divided by either a latitude or longitude line is called?
A
Asia
B
Equator
C
Prime Meridian
D
Hemisphere
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Any circle drawn around Earth divides it into two equal halves called hemispheres. There are generally considered to be four hemispheres: northern, southern, eastern, and western. The Equator, or line of 0 degrees latitude, divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Detailed explanation-2: -Western Hemisphere This hemisphere includes the entire portions of North and South America and parts of Eurasia, Africa, Antarctica, and Oceania.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alternative Earth Hemispheres can divide the earth along cultural and religious lines, or to maximise the preponderance of geographic features, for example land and water. The East–West division can also be seen in a cultural and religious sense, as a division into two cultural and religious hemispheres.

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