Question

State Whether these sentences are true or false:
The Tropic Of Capricorn does not pass through India.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

Hint:
The Tropic of Capricorn is the dividing line between the Southern Temperate Zone in the south and the tropics in the north. The Northern Hemisphere equivalent to the Tropic of Capricorn is the Tropic of Cancer.


Complete solution:
The Tropic of Capricorn passes through the following countries only. The Tropic of Capricorn does not pass through India. The three imaginary lines running across the globe are the Equator, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn. Tropic of Cancer is located at 23.5 ° North of the equator; Tropic of Capricorn (or Southern Tropic) is a spherical circle containing a subsolar point in the December (or south) solstice. So it is in the southern hemisphere where the Sun can be seen directly above. It also reaches 90 degrees under the midnight sky in June Solstice. Its northern hemisphere is Tropic of Cancer. The Tropic of Capricorn position is not adjusted but is constantly changing due to a slight loosening of the earth's orbit around the sun's orbit. The axial inclination of the earth varies over a period of 41,000 years from 22.1 to 24.5 degrees and currently stays at about 23.4 degrees.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.


Additional Information: The Tropic of Capricorn is one of the five largest circles on Earth. Its current is 23 ° 26'11.7 ″ (or 23.43658 °) south of the Equator, but it is moving slowly north, currently at an average of 0.47 arcseconds, or 15 meters, per year.
Less than 3% of the world's population live in the south; this equates to about 30% of the population of the Southern Hemisphere.


Note:
Tropic of Capricorn is currently moving north by an average of about half an arcsecond (0.468 ″) in width, or 15 meters, per year (23 ° 27'S in 1917 and will be 23 ° 26'S by 2045) . So the distance between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Capricorn remains constant.