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Which of these statements are correct?
1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude.
2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude.
3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day.
4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude.

Which of these statements are correct?
1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude.
2. International Date Line, on the map appears as a straight line along 180° Longitude.
3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day.
4. Tropic of Cancer lies at Latitude. Correct Answer 1 and 4

1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 0° Longitude. This statement is correct.
2. The International Date Line is not a straight line along 180° Longitude. It is a jagged line that deviates from 180° Longitude in several places to avoid dividing certain countries or island groups into two different calendar days. Therefore, this statement is incorrect.
3. While crossing the International Date Line from east to west, one gains a day. This statement is incorrect.
4. The Tropic of Cancer lies at approximately 23.5° North latitude. This statement is correct.

Therefore, the correct statements are 1 and 4, making Option D the correct answer.

Related Questions

Consider the following statements: 1. A traveller crossing the International Date Line from east to west gains a day and while crossing the dateline from west to east he loses a day. 2. The International Date Line I the mid-Pacific curves from the normal 180-degree meridian at the Bering Strait, Fiji, Tonga and other islands to prevent confusion of the day and date in some of the groups that are cut through by the meridian.  Which of the statements given above is /are correct?
Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the International Date Line? (1) The International Date Line is an imaginary longitude that serves as the line of demarcation between two consecutive dates.  (2) It is located Halfway from the Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian.  (3) It curves from the normal 180 degree Meridian at the Bering Strait to avoid confusion of day and date.  (4) The time difference between either side of the International Date Line is exactly 24 hours. 
Which of the following statements is not correct? (1) The angular distance of a point on the earth's surface from the center of the earth is referred to as its latitude.  (2) The angular distance along the equator east or west of the Prime Meridian is referred to as its longitude.  (3) Latitude is also called Meridians. (4) The Prime Meridian was decided as the zero meridians which pass through the royal astronomical observatory at Greenwich near London in 1884. 
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling westwards
2. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling eastwards
3. International Date Line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian
4. International Date Line divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal parts.
Which of the following statements regarding the International Date line are correct?
1. It is a longitude of 180°
2. It is determined by 180° longitude but is not a straight line
3. It is a Greenwich meridian helping in fixing time and date
4. It solves the problem of time and date among the World's nations
Which of the following is/are true of world time zones? I. The world is divided into thirty time zones II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian III. All countries have more than one time zone IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
Which of the following is/are true of world time zones?
I. The world is divided into thirty time zones
II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian
III. All countries have more than one time zone
IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
While reading a map showing time zones, a child asks ‘why are +5, -5, +3, -3 etc. marked on this map?'. Which of the following must be included by the teacher while clarifying the student’s query in her class? (A) International time zones (B) Relative position of longitude of the particular place from Greenwich (C) Relative position of latitude of the particular place from Greenwich
Which of the following are true regarding the Prime meridian?
1. It passes through the centre of a certain country
2. It passes through the centre of the Globe
3. It passes through the observatory at Greenwich, near London.
Which of the following is correct matching of the longitudes and latitudes? A.  Indian Standard meridian (i)  0° B.  Greenwich Meridian (ii)  \(66 \frac{1}{2}^{\circ} \) S C. Antarctic Circle (iii)  \(23 \frac{1}{2} \circ\) N D.  Tropic of Cancer (iv)  \(82 \frac{1}{2}{ }^{\circ} \) E