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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


Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024
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Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

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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