Longest, Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Tallest and Highest
| Longest river (India) | Ganges |
| Longest river (World) | Nile |
| The longest tributary river of India | Yamuna |
| The longest river of the south | Godavari |
| Highest mountain peak | Godwin Austin (k2) |
| Largest lake (Fresh water) | Wular lake (Kashmir) |
| Highest Dam | Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River |
| Largest Mosque | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
| Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
| State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
| Largest railway route | Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu |
| Longest tunnel | Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Longest national highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
| Longest Dam | Hirakod Dam (Orissa) |
| Longest River Bride | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
| Longest populated city | Mumbai (1.60 crore) |
| Largest Museum | National Museum, Kolkata |
| Largest Delta | Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal |
| Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka) |
| Largest Zoo | Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata |
| Largest man-made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
| Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
| Highest Tower | Pitampura Tower, Delhi |
| Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
| Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
| Highest Waterfall | Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka) |
| Longest Electric railway line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
| Densest populated State | West Bengal |
| Largest cave temple | Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra) |
| Largest animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
| Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra) |
| Biggest Hotel | Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai) |
| Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
| Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Place of heaviest rainfall | Mausinram (Meghalaya) |
| Largest corridor | Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu) |
| Largest cantilever span bride | Howrah Bridge (Kolkata) |
| Largest forest state | M.P. |
| Highest straight gravity Dam | Bhakra Dam |
| Longest Railway Platform | Kharagpur (W. Bengal) |
| Largest Stadium | Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata |
| Largest Port | Mumbai |
| Highest Lake | Devatal (Garhwal) |
| Largest Lake (Saline water) | Chika lake, Orissa |
| Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
| Highest Gallantry Award | Paramveer Chakra |
| Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
| Deepest river valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
| State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
| Longest river which forms estuary | Narmada |
| Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
| Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
| Highest Battle field | Siachin Glacier |
| Highest Airport | Len (Laddakh) |
| Largest river island | Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam) |
| Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
| Animal, Tallest | Giraffe |
| Archipelago, Largest | Indonesia |
| Bird, Fastest | Swift |
| Bird, Largest | Ostrich |
| Bird, Smallest | Humming Bird |
| Bridge, Longest Railway | Huey P. Long Bridge, Louisiana (U.S.A.) |
| Building, Tallest in the World | Burj, Dubai (UAE) |
| Canal, Longest Irrigational | The Kalakumsky Canal |
| Canal, Longest | Suez Canal |
| Capital, Highest | La Paz (Boliva) |
| City, Biggest in Area | Mount Isa Australia |
| City, Largest in Population | Tokyo |
| City, Costliest | Tokyo |
| City, Highest | Van Chuan (China) |
| Continent, Largest | Asia |
| Continent, Smallest | Australia |
| Country, Biggest (Area) | Russia |
| Country, Largest (Population) | China |
| Country, Largest (Electorate) | India |
| Creature, Largest | Blue Whale |
| Delta, Largest | Sunderban (Bangladesh & India) |
| Desert, Largest (World) | Sahara (Africa) |
| Desert, Largest (Asia) | Gobi |
| Dam, Largest | Grand Coulee Dam (U.S.A.) |
| Dam, Highest | Hoover Dam (U.S.A.) |
| Diamond, Largest | The Cullinan |
| Dome, Largest | Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A.) |
| Epic, Largest | Mahabharat |
| Irrigation Scheme, Largest | Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan) |
| Island, Largest | Greenland |
| Sea, Largest | Mediterranean sea |
| Lake, Deepest | Baikal (Siberia) |
| Lake, Largest (Artificial) | Lake Mead (Boulder Dam) |
| Lake, Highest | Titicaca (Bolivia) |
| Lake, Largest (Fresh water) | Superior |
| Lake, Largest (Salt water) | Caspian |
| Library, Largest | United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C. |
| Mountain Peak, Highest | Everest (Nepal) |
| Mountain Range, Longest | Andes (S. America) |
| Museum, Largest | British Museum, London |
| Ocean, Largest | Pacific |
| Palace, Biggest | Vatican (Italy) |
| Park, Largest | Yellow Stone National Park (U.S.A.) |
| Peninsula, Largest | Arabia |
| Place, Coldest (Habitated) | Verkhoyank (Siberia) |
| Place, Dryest | Iqique (In Atacama Desert, Chile) |
| Place, Hottest | Azizia (Libya, Africa) |
| Place, Rainiest | Mausinram (Meghalaya, India) |
| Planet, Biggest | Jupiter |
| Planet, Brightest | Venus |
| Planet, Smallest | Mercury |
| Plateau, Highest | Pamir (Tibet) |
| Platform, Longest | Kharagpur (India) |
| Railway, Longest | Trans-Siberian railway |
| Railway Station, Longest | Grand Central Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.) |
| River, Longest | Nile (Africa) |
| River, Largest | Amazon (S. America) |
| Sea-bird, Largest | Albatross |
| Star, Brightest | Sirius |
| Statue, Tallest | Statue of Motherland, Volgagrad (Russia) |
| Telescope, Largest Radio | New Mexico (U.S.A.) |
| Tramway, World’s first | New York |
| Tunnel, Longest (Railway) | Tanna (Japan) |
| Tunnel, Longest (Road) | Mont Blanc Tunnel between France and Italy |
| Volcano, Highest | Ojos del Salado (Andes, Ecuador) |
| Volcano, Most Active | Maunaloa (Hawail-U.S.A.) |
| Wall, Longest | Great wall of China |
| Waterfall, Highest | Angel (Venezuela) |
| Water, Lowest body | Dead Sea |
| Zoo, Largest | Kruger National Park, South Africa |
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