Highest - Biggest - Longest - Deepest - Largest - Smallest ▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐▐ ARCHIPELAGO «▬▬«▬▬«▬ Largest Indonesia AREA Smallest State in Area (India) Goa Smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep Largest State in Area (India) Madhya Pradesh Largest City in Area (World) London ANIMAL Tallest Animal Giraffe Fastest Animal at short run Cheetah Fastest Animal The Peregerine Falcon Largest existing Land animal Elephant Most Intelligent Animal Chimpanzee Most Cunning Animal Fox Largest Sea Animal Blue Whale BELL Largest Bell (World) Greatest Bell of Moscow (Russia) BIRD Largest Bird Ostrich Largest Sea-bird Albatross Fastest Bird Swift Flightless Bird Swift Smallest Bird Humming Bird Singing Bird Nightingale BRIDGE Longest Railway Bridge (India) Sone Bridge (Bihar) Longest Steel Arch Bridge New River Gorge Bridge, 518.2 m long (West Virginia, USA) Longest combined Highway The Yangtse River Bridge and Railway Bridge 6,772 m rail deck and 4,589 road deck (Nanking, China) Longest Railway Bridge Huey P. Long Bridge, 7009 m (Metairie, Louisiana, USA) Highest Road Bridge Bailey Bridge built by the Indian Army, 30 m long at an altitude of 5600 m ( K h a r d u n g i a , Ladakh) Highest River Bridge Royal Gorge, 321 m above sea level on the river Arkansas, 268 m long, Colorado. Highest Railway Bridge Fades Bridge on river Sioule 144 m long and 132.5 m above the river. (Clermont Ferrand, France) BUILDING Tallest Bank Building Bank of Montreal, 72, Storeys, 284.98 m high (Toronto, Canada) CANAL Longest Canal (India) Saradha Canal (Uttar Pradesh) Longest Big Ship Canal (World) Suez Canal (Egypt) 160 km Longest Small Ship Canal Beloye (White Sea) Baltic Canal (CIS) 226 km long. CAVE TEMPLE Largest Cave Temple (India) Ellora (Maharashtra) CHURCH Largest Church (World) St. Peter’s Church, Vatican City (Italy) CITY Highly Populated City (India) M u m b a i (Maharashtra) Oldest City (India) Kolkata Higest City (World) Wenchuan (China) 5,100 metres above sea level Highest Capital Lhasa (3,684 metres above sea level) Largest City in Population (World) Shangai (China) Costliest City (World) London CLOCK Biggest Clock (World) Big Ben (London) CONTINENT Largest Continent Asia Smallest Continent Australia CORRIDOR Largest Corridor (World) Rameswaram Temple COUNTRY Largest in Population China followed by India Largest in Area Russia Largest Electorate India CREATURE Largest Creature Blue Whale. It can grow upto a weight of 150 tonnes. Highest - Biggest - Longest - Deepest - Largest - Smallest DAM Longest Dam (India) Hirakud Dam on the river Mahanadi - Orissa Highest Dam (World) The Grande (Switzerland) Highest Straight Bhakra Nangal on river Sutlej DAY Longest Day June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere) Shortest Day December 22 (in N o r t h e r n Hemisphere) DELTA Largest Delta (Sunderbans). The Worlds largest delta is that created by the Ganges and Brahma putra in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. It covers an area of 30,000 sq. miles. DESERT Largest Desert (World) Sahara (Africa) Coldest Desert Antarctica Largest Desert (India) Thar Desert (Rajasthan) Largest Desert in Asia Gobi (Mongolia) DOME Largest and Biggest (India) Gol Gumbaz Largest Dome (World) Astrodome in Housten, Texas (USA) outside diameter 216 metres and inside 196 metres. EPIC Longest Epic Mahabharatha FILLING STATION Highest Filling Station Petrol pump at Leh at 3658 m. It is operated by Indian Oil Corporation. FOREST Largest Forest (India) Assam GATEWAY Highest Gateway (India) Buland Darwaza GULF Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico HARBOUR Largest Natural Harbour (India) Visakhapatnam HILL STATION Highest Hill Station (India) Gulmarg (Kashmir) HOTEL Biggest Hotel (India) Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai) ISLAND Largest Island Greenland Largest Group of Islands Malaya Archipelago LAKE Largest Salt Water Lake Caspian Sea Largest Fresh Water Lake Superior (31,200 sq.miles) (India) Deepest Lake Lake Baikal (Siberia) 701 mts Highest Lake Titicaca (Bolivia) 3854 metres above sea level. Largest Lake (India) Wular Lake LIBRARY Largest Library (World) United States Library of Congress (Washington) The Lenin State Library (Moscow- Russia) LIGHT HOUSE Largest Light House (World) Bishop Rock (England) MEMORIAL Most Beautiful Memorial Taj Mahal (Agra) MINES Largest Diamond Mines (World) Kimberley (South Africa) Deepest Mines (India) Kolar Gold Fields (Karnataka) MOUNTAINS Longest Mountain Range (World) Mt. Andes (South America) (8,800 km) Highest Peak (World) Everest Nepal Highest Peak (India) Godwin Austen Highest Mountain Range Himalayas Highest Peak (South India) Anaimudi (2,720 m) Anaimalai MOSQUE, CATHEDRAL, TEMPLE Biggest Mosque (India) Jama Masjid (Delhi) Largest Mosque Umayyad Mosque 157 m × 97 m covering an area of 3.76 acres. Damascus, Syria. Largest Cathedral Diocese of New York 11,240 sq.m. Largest Temple Angkor Vat. 162.6 ha area, built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Suryavarman-II during 1113-50 A.D. (Cambodia) MUSEUM Largest Museum (India) Indian Museum (Kolkata) Largest Museum (World) American Museum of Natural History, New York city. It comprises 19 interconnected buildings with 23 acres of floor space. OCEAN Deepest, Largest & Biggest The Pacific Ocean PALACE Biggest Palace (World) Vatican Palace, Rome (Italy) PENINSULA Largest Peninsula (World) Arabia PLACE Hottest Place (India) Barmer (Rajasthan) Hottest Place (World) Azizia (Libya) 58OC Coldest Place (World) Ve r k h o y a n s k (Siberia) –85O Driest Place Death Valley (California) Heaviest Rain Fall (World) M a w s y n r a m (Meghalaya) PLATEAU Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet) Largest Park Wood Buffalo National Park inAlberta, Canada (17,560 Sq.miles) PLANETS Largest, Biggest & heaviest Jupiter Planet Smallest Planet Mercury Brightest Planet Venus Coldest Planet Pluto Planet Farthest (from the Sun) Pluto Planet Nearest (to the Sun) Mercury Dustiest Planet Mars (Red Planet) PLAY The Longest Play The Mouse-Trap (Agatha Christie’s Novel) POEM Longest Poem of the World Mahabaratha POPULATION Largest Country in China Population (World) Largest State in Uttar Pradesh (India) Population (India) Densiest State in Population West Bengal (India) Smallest State in Population Sikkim (India) Smallest Union Territory Lakshadweep (India) in Population RAILWAYS Longest Railway (World) T r a n - S i b e r i a n Railway from Moscow to Nakhodka, 9438 km. Longest Railway (Asia) India Fastest Train (World) French T.G.V. Longest Railway Station (India) Kharagpur (W.B.) Longest Railway Platform Sonepur (Bihar) (India) Longest Railway Route Himsagar Express RIVER Longest River The Nile (Egypt) Largest River in Volume Amazon (Brazil, South America) Largest River (India) The Ganges (6,679 km) ROADS Largest Road (India) Grand Trunk Road Highest Road (World) Le Narba Road - Ladhak Longest Road P a n - A m e r i c a n Highway 27387 km (North West Alaska to Southern most Chile) SCHOOL Largest School South Point High School, Kolkata, India. SEA Largest Sea South China Sea STATE Smallest Independent Vatican (Italy) State (World) Biggest State (India) Madhya Pradesh Smallest State (India) Goa STADIUM Largest Stadium Strahov Stadium. It can accommodate around 240,000 people in Prague, Czech STATUE Tallest Statue (World) Statue of Liberty, New York Tallest Statue (India) Statue of “Panduranga Vittala” (Karnataka State) STAR Biggest and Brightest ‘Sirius’ also called Dog Star STREET Broadest Street (World) Broadway St. (USA) SHIP Greatest Ship (World) Queen Elizabeth 2,83,000 tons TOWER Highest Tower (World) 1. Tokyo Television Tower (Japan) 2. Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) Highest Leaning Tower (World) Leaning Tower, Pisa (Italy) Highest Tower (India) Qutub Minar (Delhi) 88.4 m TUNNEL Largest Tunnel (India) Jawahar Tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) Longest Rail Tunnel Bombay-Pune route Longest Highway Tunnel Norway 24.5 km (Laerdal Tunnel) (Oslo-Bergen) UNIVERSITY Oldest University University of Karueein founded in AD 859, Morocco Largest University Building University of Riyadh., Saudi Arabia. Largest Open University Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. VOLCANOES Highest Volcano (World) Cotopoxi (Andes, Eucador) Largest Volcano (World) Mauna Lea (Hawai) WALL Longest Wall (World) Great Wall of China 2400 km WATERFALLS Highest Waterfall (World) Angel Waterfalls in Venezuela, South America Highest Water fall (India) Gersoppa Waterfall (Karnataka) ZOO Largest Zoo (India) Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Calcutta..
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