CAT Questions

---

The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

It is common to both east longitude and west longitude.

It is used as the basis for the International Date Line because it mostly passes through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. However, the meridian passes through Russia and Fiji as well as Antarctica.

Repo Rate is the rate at which the commercial banks borrows money from the central bank of a country i.e, RBI in India.

Reverse Repo Rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country, in case of India it is RBI borrows money from the commercial banks in the country.

Magnetism in materials is due to circular motion of electrons.

Space Applications Centre (SAC) is one of the major centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is located in Ahmadabad.

SAC focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for ISRO missions and development and operationalisation of applications of space technology for societal benefits. The applications cover communication, broadcasting, navigation, disaster monitoring, meteorology, oceanography, environment monitoring and natural resources survey.

The chemical name of common salt is Sodium Chloride with a chemical formula NaCl.