Tuesday 20 April 2021

Longest, Largest, Biggest, and Highest Things in India -Interesting Facts about India

Longest, Largest, Biggest, and Highest Things in India -Interesting Facts about India

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In almost all the SSC and Other competitive exams, many fact-based questions are asked. For Upcoming Exam 2021-22. So to prepare you well for this in this series of Static GK, we are giving you important facts related to India. We have covered all the longest, largest, tallest, and smallest type questions.

Interesting Facts about India

Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

LONGEST

 

 

 

Bridge/ River Bridge

Dhola Sadiya Bridge on lohit river, Assam (also known as Bhupen Hazarika Setu, 9.15km)

Sea bridge

Bandra Worli Sea Link on Mahim bay, Mumbai   (5.6km)

Railway Bridge

Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala

Train Route

Vivek Express,  Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari  (4286 km)

Highway Tunnel

Chenani-Nashri Tunnel( also known as Patnitop Tunnel, 11.2 Km ) on  NH44, Jammu & Kashmir

Railway platform

Gorakhpur, UP (1355.4m)

Railway Tunnel

Pir  Panjal  Railway Tunnel (11.215 km),  Jammu & Kashmir

National Highway

●  NH-44 (Srinagar  to Kanyakumari, 3745 KM)

●  Previously this highway was known as NH-07 and it was starting from Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and was ending at Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu).

Road

Grand Trunk road from Delhi to Kolkata. (2500 km; one of the oldest roads of Asia).

Electric railway line

From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna (1532 km)

Which State has Longest Highway

Uttar Pradesh (752 km)

longest Elevated Expressway

Chennai Port Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway

 

LARGEST

 

 

 

Sea Bridge

Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu)

Road Network (state)

Maharashtra ( 6.08 lakhs km)

Road density (KM per unit Area)

Kerala (5268 km/km2)

Share of national highway

Uttar Pradesh (8483 km)

TALLEST (Highest)

Road

Leh- Manali at Khardungla, (Jammu and Kashmir)

BIGGEST

Cantilever bridge

Rabindra Setu ( Howrah Bridge),  Kolkata

Coasts, Borders, States

LONGEST

 

 

Coastline (State)

Gujarat  (1600 km)

Coastline (South Indian State)

Andhra Pradesh (974 km)

International Border(State)

West Bengal (2217 km)

LARGEST

 

 

 

State with maximum number of international borders

Arunachal Pradesh (3 Countries), West Bengal (3 Countries) , Sikkim (3 Countries)

State with maximum number of neighbouring state

Uttar Pradesh (8 states)

State (Area)

Rajasthan  (3.42 Lakh km2)

State(Population)

Uttar Pradesh (204 million)

State(Population Density)

Bihar (1,106 per sq km)

State(Literacy Rate)

Kerala (94%)

State(Sex Ratio)

Kerala  (1084)

State(Population growth rate)

Meghalaya (27.95%)

State (Most Urbanized)

Goa (62%)

TALLEST (HIGHEST)

Battlefield

Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir

SMALLEST

 

 

 

State (Area)

Goa (3702 km2)

State (Population)

Sikkim (6.1 lakh)

State (Population Density)

Arunachal Pradesh (17 people)

State (Literacy Rate)

Bihar (63.2%)

State (Sex Ratio)

Haryana (879)

State (Population Growth Rate)

Sikkim (12.89%)

State (Least Urbanized)

Himachal Pradesh (10%)

Man Made Structures

LONGEST

 

 Longest Corridor

Corridor of Ramanathaswamy Temple at Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)

LARGEST

 

 

 

Auditorium

Sri Shanmukhanand Hall,  Mumbai

Mosque

Jama Masjid (Delhi)

Temple

Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil Nadu

Dome

Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur, Karnataka

Planetarium

Birla Planetarium, Kolkata

Cave Temple

Kailash Temple ( Ellora, Maharashtra)

Museum

Indian Museum, Kolkata

Public Sector Bank

State Bank of India

Cave

Amarnath (J & K)

Gurudwara

Golden Temple, Amritsar

Zoo

Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata

Animal Fair

Sonepur (Bihar)

Port

Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Church

Saint Cathedral (Goa)

 Largest

Monastery

Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh

TALLEST

(HIGHEST)

 

 

 

Dam

Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi river, Uttarakhand  (Height 260 m)

Gateway

Buland Darwaza,  Fatehpur Sikri,  UP

Statue

Gomateshwara, Karnataka

Airport

Leh airport, J&K.

Gallantry Award

Param Vir Chakra

Civilian Award

Bharat Ratna

Straight Gravity Dam

Bhakra Dam on Satluj river, Himachal Pradesh.

BIGGEST

 

Stadium

Yuva Bharti Stadium, Salt Lake, Kolkata

Hotel

Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai)

Oldest Church   -  St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)

Place of heaviest rainfall-  Mawsynram (Meghalaya)

Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies

LONGEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canal

 Indira Gandhi Canal, Rajasthan (Source Harike barrage, Punjab).

Beach

Marina Beach (Chennai)

Glacier

Siachen Glacier, Ladakh , J&K.

Dam

Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi River, Odisha (25.8 km)

Man-made lake

Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam, 934m), UP.

lake

Vembanad lake , Kerala ( length 96.5 KM)

TALLEST (HIGHEST)

Lake

Tso-Lhamo Lake, Sikkim (Height  5330m)

 

Tower

Pitampura Tower, Delhi

 

LARGEST

 

 

 

 

Lake

Wular lake, J&K

Brackish(Partial Saline) water lake

Chilika Lake, Odisha

Salt water lake

Sambhar lake, Rajasthan

Fresh water lake

Wular lake , J&K. ( 260 km2)

Artificial Fresh water lake

 Shivaji sagar lake on Koyna Dam , Maharashtra. (891 km2)

 

Barrage

Farakka Barrage, Ganga

Deepest lake  -  Gobind Sagar lake on Satluj river, Himachal Pradesh.  (depth 163 m )

Natural Resources

LONGEST

 

 

 

Longest River which Flows entirely in India

Godavari river ( 1465 km)

River(India)

The Ganga (2640 km. long)

Tributary river of India

Yamuna (1376 km, tributary of Ganga)

Longest river which forms estuary

Narmada  ( Falls in Arabian sea,1300 km)

LARGEST

 

 

 

Desert

Thar  Desert, Northwestern India (2 lakhs  km2)

Delta

Sundarban Delta (on the mouth of Ganga – Brahmaputra River)

State with Maximum Forest Area

Madhya Pradesh ( 94 K km2)

State with maximum percentage of Forest area

Mizoram (about 75%)

TALLEST (HIGHEST)

 

Mountain peak

● Godwin Austin (K2), Karakoram Range, J&K (8611 m)

● Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) highest in undisputed territory of India

Waterfall

Kunchikal Falls, Varahi river, Karnataka

BIGGEST

 

 

Most Populous city

Mumbai

Riverine  Island

Majuli island on  Brahmaputra River, Assam

Deepest River Valley- Bhagirathi and Alaknanda


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