Longest and Largest
Longest river (India) | Ganges |
Longest river (World) | Nile |
Longest Railway(World) | Trans-Siberian railway |
Longest Railway Station (World) | Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.) |
The longest tributary river of India | Yamuna |
The longest river of the south India | Godavari |
Longest Electric railway line in India | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
State with longest coastline in India | Gujarat |
Longest railway route in India | Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu |
Longest tunnel | Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Longest national highway in India | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
Longest Dam in India | Hirakund Dam (Orissa) |
Longest River Bride in India | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
Longest populated city | Mumbai (1.60 crore) |
Longest Railway Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) |
Longest river which forms estuary in India | Narmada |
State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
Longest Railway Bridge in the World | Huey P. Long Bridge, Louisiana (U.S.A.) |
Longest Irrigational Canal | The Kalakumsky Canal |
Longest Canal in World | Suez Canal |
Longest Beach in India | Marina Beach, Chennai |
Longest Tunnel in World (Railway) | Tanna (Japan) |
Longest Tunnel in World (Road) | Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy |
Longest Wall (World) | Great wall of China |
Largest Zoo (World) | Kruger National Park, South Africa |
Largest Bird | Ostrich |
Largest Archipelago | Indonesia |
Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
Largest Museum | National Museum, Kolkata |
Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal |
Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) |
Largest Zoo (India) | Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata |
Largest man-made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
Largest lake (Fresh water) | Wular lake (Kashmir) |
Largest Mosque | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
Largest cave temple | Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) |
Largest animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
Largest corridor | Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu) |
Largest cantilever span bride | Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) |
Largest forest state | M.P. |
Largest Stadium | Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata |
Largest Port | Mumbai |
Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
Largest river island | Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam) |
Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
Largest Lake (Saline water) | Chika lake, Orissa |
Largest City in Population | Tokyo |
Largest Continent | Asia |
Largest (Population) Country | China |
Largest (Electorate) Country | India |
Largest Creature | Blue Whale |
Largest Delta | Sunderban (Bangladesh & India) |
Largest Desert (World) | Sahara (Africa) |
Largest Desert (Asia) | Gobi |
Largest Dam (World) | Grand Coulee Dam (U.S.A.) |
Largest Diamond | The Cullinan |
Largest Dome | Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A.) |
Largest Epic | Mahabharat |
Largest Irrigation Scheme | Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan) |
Largest Island (World) | Greenland |
Largest Sea | Mediterranean sea |
Largest Lake (Artificial) | Lake Mead (Boulder Dam) |
Largest Lake (Fresh water) | Superior |
Largest Lake(Salt water) | Caspian |
Largest Library | United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C. |
Largest Museum | British Museum, London |
Largest Ocean | Pacific |
Largest Park | Yellow Stone National Park (U.S.A.) |
Largest Peninsula | Arabia |
Largest River | Amazon (S. America) |
Largest Sea-bird | Albatross |
Largest Radio Telescope | New Mexico (U.S.A.) |
Highest City | Van Chuan (China) |
Tallest Statue | Statue of Motherland, Volgagrad (Russia) |
Highest Volcano | Ojos del Salado (Andes, Ecuador) |
Highest Waterfall | Angel (Venezuela) |
Highest Lake | Titicaca (Bolivia) |
Highest Dam (World) | Hoover Dam (U.S.A.) |
Highest Capital | La Paz (Boliva) |
Highest Tower (India) | Pitampura Tower, Delhi |
Highest Waterfall | Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka) |
Highest mountain peak in India | Godwin Austin (K2) |
Highest Dam in India | Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River |
Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) |
Highest straight gravity Dam | Bhakra Dam |
Highest Lake | Devatal (Garhwal) |
Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
Highest Gallantry Award | Paramveer Chakra |
Highest Battle field | Siachin Glacier |
Highest Airport | Len (Laddakh) |
Tallest Animal | Giraffe |
Fastest Bird | Swift |
Smallest Bird | Humming Bird |
Tallest in the World Building | Burj, Dubai (UAE) |
Biggest City in Area | Mount Isa Australia |
Costliest City | Tokyo |
Smallest Continent | Australia |
Biggest Country(Area) | Russia |
Deepest Lake | Baikal (Siberia) |
Highest Mountain Peak | Mount Everest (Nepal) |
Longest Mountain Range | Andes (S. America) |
Biggest Palace | Vatican (Italy) |
Coldest Place(Habitated) | Verkhoyank (Siberia) |
Dryest Place | Iqique (In Atacama Desert, Chile) |
Hottest Place | Azizia (Libya, Africa) |
Biggest Planet | Jupiter |
Brightest Planet | Venus |
Highest Plateau | Pamir (Tibet) |
Smallest Planet | Mercury |
Rainiest Place | Mausinram (Meghalaya, India) |
Brightest Star | Sirius |
World’s first Tramway | New York |
Most Active Volcano | Maunaloa (Hawail-U.S.A.) |
Lowest body Water | Dead Sea |
Densest populated State | West Bengal |
Biggest Hotel | Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai) |
Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
Place of heaviest rainfall | Mausinram (Meghalaya) |
Deepest river valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |