General Knowledge :- Geography :- SUPERLATIVES WORLD
Miscellaneous
Fastest Animal The Peregrine Falcon
Brightest
Planet Venus
Driest Place Death
Valley (California
Place, coldest Pole of Antarctica
Place, hottest Dallol (Ethiopia
Airmail, first At Allahabad
Bank, Branches most State Bank of India
Stamp, first Penny Black (British 1840)
Train, fastest In France; French SNCF high speed
train TGV-Train –a
Grande Vitesse (average speed 320 km/hr.)
Biggest, Largest & Longest In India
Award for Gallantry Param vir Chakra
Award , highest Civilian Bharat Ratna
Longest Cross
Ganga at Patna
Cattle fair, largest Sonepur
( Bihar )
City, Most Populous Mumbai
Corridor , Longest Rameshwaram
Temple
Desert , Largest Thar ( Rajasthan )
Dam , Longest Hirakud Dam (Orissa )
Delta , Largest Sunderbans Delta
Dome , Largest Gol
Dam , Highest Bhakra Dam ( 710 ft )
Gateway , Highest Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur sikri
Literacy ( Highest ) Kerala ( near 100 %)
Mosque ( Biggest ) Jama Masjid (Delhi
Platform , Longest At Kharagpur
Rainfall , Highest Mawsynram near Cherrapunji,12000mm
Road, longest G.T.Road(15000 miles)
State , largest(in population) UP
( 16.6 crore )
Tunnel Longest Jawahar tunnel ( 1.75 miles in J&K )
Tunnel ,
Longest 6.5 km(Konkan Railway)
Tower , Highest Qutab Minar (Delhi,72.5m)
Waterfall ,
Highest Gersoppa waterfall ( Karnataka
: 960 ft )
State with max. forest cover Assam
State with Max. West Bengal
( 904 per density(square Km) of population )
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