It is being observed that a lot of questions are asked in the different competitive exams like PCS/SSC/Banking etc. based on the Biggest, Highest, Largest and Smallest things/ objects in India. So to cater the requirements of these students we are giving the name of some superlatives in India. We hope that it will be helpful for you.
List of some Biggest, Highest, Largest and Smallest rivers, states, districts, dams etc is given below:
1. | Highest Civilian Award | Bharat Ratna |
2. | Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
3. | Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
4. | Largest State (in terms of Area) | |
5. | Longest River in India | The Ganges |
6. | Longest Tributary river of India | Yamuna |
7. | Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
8. | Largest Lake (Saline Water) | Chilka Lake, Odisha |
9. | Largest Man-Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
10. | Largest Fresh Water Lake | Kolleru Lake, (Andhra Pradesh) |
11. | Highest Lake | Devtal Lake,Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
12. | Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge |
13. | Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 / K-2 (8611 mtr.) |
14. | Highest Rainfall | Mausinram near Cherrapunji (1082 cms/annum) |
15. | Highest Waterfall | Gersoppar Waterfall (292 meters high) in Mysuru (Mysore) |
16. | State-wise largest area under forest | |
17. | Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
18. | Largest River without Delta | Narmada |
19. | Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
20. | Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
21. | Highest Road | Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sector) |
22. | Biggest Mosque | Jama Masjid at Delhi |
23. | Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
24. | Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
25. | Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden, Kolkata |
26. | Largest Museum | Indian Museum at Kolkata |
27. | Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam (Odisha) |
28. | Highest Dam | Bhakra Dam (225.5m high) |
29. | Highest Tower | Kutab Minar, Delhi, 88.4m |
30. | Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
31. | Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 mtr high) |
32. | Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
33. | Largest District ((terms of total area)) | Kachchh (Gujarat) |
34. | Fastest Train | Gatimaan Express (New Delhi-Agra),160km/hr, (Telgo proposed: 180km/hr) |
35. | State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
36. | State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
37. | Longest Electric Railway Line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
38. | Longest Railway Route | Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari: Vivek Exp. 4286 km; 82:30 hrs |
39. | Longest Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), length 1.34 km. It is the world's longest railway station |
40. | Longest Tunnel | Pir Panjal Tunnel (J & K) |
41. | Longest Highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
42. | Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
43. | Smallest State (Area) | |
44. | Largest State (Population) | |
45. | Densest Populated State | Bihar (1102 persons/KM2) |
46. | Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra) |
47. | Largest Cave | Amarnath (J&K) |
48. | Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
49. | Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) |
50. | Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai) |
51. | Largest Port | Mumbai |
52. | Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
53. | Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda river valley |
54. | Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
55. | Oldest Church | St.Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur |
56. | Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
57. | Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
58. | Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
59. | Biggest Stadium | Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata |
60. | Largest River Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam) |
61. | Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
62. | World's tallest statue | Statue of Unity, 182 m., at Sadhu Bet Island, Gujarat |
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