Question : From which of the following continents pass all three latitudes, i.e., the equator, the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn?
Option 1: North America
Option 2: Asia
Option 3: South America
Option 4: Africa
Correct Answer: Africa
Solution : The correct answer is Africa.
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Equator all three pass from the African continent. Africa's longitudinal extent is 51 0 E to 16 0 W and its latitudinal extent is 37 0 N to 35 0 S. It is the second largest continent on earth and the only continent from which all the above 3 lines pass. The equator runs across Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia in Africa.
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