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GS Geography Physical Geography of World
Q.

Which imaginary line, located at zero-degree latitude, divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

Explanation:

ANS. (C) 
The geographic Equator divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres and forms the imaginary reference line on the Earth’s surface from which latitude is reckoned; in other words, it is the line with 0° latitudes. The equator is the only line on the Earth’s surface that is considered a great circle.

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