Sample Materials for CSAT Paper -1 (G.S.) Pre 2013: “India & World Geography – Lithosphere”

1. The word “Equinox” means equal days and equal nights
2. On June 21 when the sun is overhead the tropic of Cancer it is called Winter Solstice
3. On Dec 22 when the Sun is overhead the tropic of Capricorn it is called as Summer solstice.

which of these are correct ?

1. 1 only
2. 1 & 2 only
3. 2 & 3 only
4. 3 only

1. Latitude is the angular distance measured in degrees from the center of the earth
2. Longitude is the angular distance measured in degrees along the equator
3. Longitudes help in determining the local time in relation to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

which of these are correct ?

1. 1 & 2 only
2. 2 & 3 only
3. All of the above
4. None of the above