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

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

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