Longest river |
Ganges |
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 |
Bhakra Dam (Punjab) |
Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid, Delhi |
Longest Road |
Grand Trunk Road |
State with longest coastline |
Gujarat |
Largest railway route |
From Jammu to Kanya Kumari |
Longest tunnel |
Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
Longest national highway |
NH-7which 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 Bhaeti), 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) |