Up to my knowledge the Gk questions asked in competative exams like banking, government exams are like this.....
Pondicherry does not share its boundary with which state?
Ans for this: Pondicherry only Share its Boundary with Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala
so we have mainly focused on some special things like.
Size of States/ Union Territories ( ie, Which is smallest, which is biggest? )
There are 28 states and 7 union territories in India
Pondicherry does not share its boundary with which state?
Ans for this: Pondicherry only Share its Boundary with Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala
so we have mainly focused on some special things like.
Size of States/ Union Territories ( ie, Which is smallest, which is biggest? )
There are 28 states and 7 union territories in India
Longest, Largest, Biggest, Smallest, Tallest and Highest
Ø Longest river
(India)
|
Ganges
|
Ø Longest river
(World)
|
Nile
|
Ø The longest tributary river of India
|
Yamuna
|
Ø The longest river
of the south
|
Godavari
|
Ø Highest mountain peak
|
Godwin Austin (k2)
|
Ø Largest lake (Fresh
water)
|
Wular lake
(Kashmir)
|
Ø Highest Dam
|
Tehri Dam on
Bhagirathi River
|
Ø Largest Mosque
|
Jama Masjid, Delhi
|
Ø Longest Road
|
Grand Trunk Road
|
Ø State with longest
coastline
|
Gujarat
|
Ø Largest railway
route
|
Dibrugarh in Assam
to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu
|
Ø Longest tunnel
|
Jawahar tunnel
(Jammu & Kashmir)
|
Ø Longest national
highway
|
NH-7 which runs
from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
|
Ø Longest Dam
|
Hirakod Dam
(Orissa)
|
Ø Longest River Bride
|
Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
|
Ø Longest populated
city
|
Mumbai (1.60 crore)
|
Ø Largest Museum
|
National Museum,
Kolkata
|
Ø Largest Delta
|
Sunderban Delta, W.
Bengal
|
Ø Largest Dome
|
Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur
(Karnataka)
|
Ø Largest Zoo
|
Zoological Gardens,
Alipur, Kolkata
|
Ø Largest man-made
Lake
|
Govind Vallabh Pant
Sagar (Rihand Dam)
|
Ø Largest Desert
|
Thar (Rajasthan)
|
Ø Highest Tower
|
Pitampura Tower,
Delhi
|
Ø Smallest State
(Area)
|
Goa
|
Ø Smallest State
(Population)
|
Sikkim
|
Ø Highest Waterfall
|
Gersoppa waterfall
(Karnataka)
|
Ø Longest Electric
railway line
|
From Delhi to
Kolkata via Patna
|
Ø Densest populated
State
|
West Bengal
|
Ø Largest cave temple
|
Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
|
Ø Largest animal Fair
|
Sonepur (Bihar)
|
Ø Highest Gateway
|
Buland Darwaza,
Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
|
Ø Biggest Hotel
|
Oberal –Sharaton
(Mumbai)
|
Ø Largest State
(Area)
|
Rajasthan
|
Ø Largest State (Population)
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Ø Place of heaviest
rainfall
|
Mausinram
(Meghalaya)
|
Ø Largest corridor
|
Rameshwaram temple
corridor (Tamil Nadu)
|
Ø Largest cantilever span bride
|
Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
|
Ø Largest forest
state
|
M.P.
|
Ø Highest straight
gravity Dam
|
Bhakra Dam
|
Ø Longest Railway
Platform
|
Kharagpur (W.
Bengal)
|
Ø Largest Stadium
|
Salt lake (Yuva
Bharti), Kolkata
|
Ø Largest Port
|
Mumbai
|
Ø Highest Lake
|
Devatal (Garhwal)
|
Ø Largest Lake
(Saline water)
|
Chika lake, Orissa
|
Ø Highest Award
|
Bharat Ratna
|
Ø Highest Gallantry
Award
|
Paramveer Chakra
|
Ø Largest Gurudwara
|
Golden Temple,
Amritsar
|
Ø Deepest river
valley
|
Bhagirathi &
Alaknanda
|
Ø State with longest
coastline of South India
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Ø Longest river which
forms estuary
|
Narmada
|
Ø Largest Church
|
Saint Cathedral
(Goa)
|
Ø Longest Beach
|
Marina Beach,
Chennai
|
Ø Highest Battle
field
|
Siachin Glacier
|
Ø Highest
Airport
|
Len (Laddakh)
|
Ø Largest river
island
|
Majuli (Brahmaputra
river, Assam)
|
Ø Largest Planetarium
|
Birla Planetarium
(Kolkata)
|
Ø Animal, Tallest
|
Giraffe
|
Ø Archipelago,
Largest
|
Indonesia
|
Ø Bird, Fastest
|
Swift
|
Ø Bird, Largest
|
Ostrich
|
Ø Bird, Smallest
|
Humming Bird
|
Ø Bridge, Longest
Railway
|
Huey P. Long
Bridge, Louisiana (U.S.A.)
|
Ø Building, Tallest
in the World
|
Burj, Dubai (UAE)
|
Ø Canal, Longest
Irrigational
|
The Kalakumsky
Canal
|
Ø Canal, Longest
|
Suez Canal
|
Ø Capital, Highest
|
La
Paz (Boliva)
|
Ø City, Biggest in
Area
|
Mount Isa Australia
|
Ø City, Largest in
Population
|
Tokyo
|
Ø City, Costliest
|
Tokyo
|
Ø City, Highest
|
Van Chuan (China)
|
Ø Continent, Largest
|
Asia
|
Ø Continent, Smallest
|
Australia
|
Ø Country, Biggest
(Area)
|
Russia
|
Ø Country, Largest
(Population)
|
China
|
Ø Country, Largest
(Electorate)
|
India
|
Ø Creature, Largest
|
Blue Whale
|
Ø Delta, Largest
|
Sunderban
(Bangladesh & India)
|
Ø Desert, Largest
(World)
|
Sahara (Africa)
|
Ø Desert, Largest
(Asia)
|
Gobi
|
Ø Dam, Largest
|
Grand Coulee Dam
(U.S.A.)
|
Ø Dam, Highest
|
Hoover Dam (U.S.A.)
|
Ø Diamond, Largest
|
The Cullinan
|
Ø Dome, Largest
|
Astrodome, in
Housten (U.S.A.)
|
Ø Epic, Largest
|
Mahabharat
|
Ø Irrigation Scheme,
Largest
|
Lloyd Barrage,
Sukkur (Pakistan)
|
Ø Island, Largest
|
Greenland
|
Ø Sea, Largest
|
Mediterranean sea
|
Ø Lake, Deepest
|
Baikal (Siberia)
|
Ø Lake, Largest
(Artificial)
|
Lake Mead (Boulder
Dam)
|
Ø Lake, Highest
|
Titicaca (Bolivia)
|
Ø Lake, Largest
(Fresh water)
|
Superior
|
Ø Lake, Largest (Salt
water)
|
Caspian
|
Ø Library, Largest
|
United State Library
of Congress, Washington D.C.
|
Ø Mountain Peak,
Highest
|
Everest (Nepal)
|
Ø Mountain Range,
Longest
|
Andes (S. America)
|
Ø Museum, Largest
|
British Museum,
London
|
Ø Ocean, Largest
|
Pacific
|
Ø Palace, Biggest
|
Vatican (Italy)
|
Ø Park, Largest
|
Yellow Stone
National Park (U.S.A.)
|
Ø Peninsula, Largest
|
Arabia
|
Ø Place, Coldest
(Habitated)
|
Verkhoyank
(Siberia)
|
Ø Place, Dryest
|
Iqique (In Atacama
Desert, Chile)
|
Ø Place, Hottest
|
Azizia (Libya,
Africa)
|
Ø Place, Rainiest
|
Mausinram
(Meghalaya, India)
|
Ø Planet, Biggest
|
Jupiter
|
Ø Planet, Brightest
|
Venus
|
Ø Planet, Smallest
|
Mercury
|
Ø Plateau, Highest
|
Pamir (Tibet)
|
Ø Platform, Longest
|
Kharagpur (India)
|
Ø Railway, Longest
|
Trans-Siberian
railway
|
Ø Railway Station,
Longest
|
Grand Central
Terminal, Chicago (U.S.A.)
|
Ø River, Longest
|
Nile (Africa)
|
Ø River, Largest
|
Amazon (S.
America)
|
Ø Sea-bird, Largest
|
Albatross
|
Ø Star, Brightest
|
Sirius
|
Ø Statue, Tallest
|
Statue of
Motherland, Volgagrad (Russia)
|
Ø Telescope, Largest
Radio
|
New Mexico (U.S.A.)
|
Ø Tramway, World’s
first
|
New York
|
Ø Tunnel, Longest
(Railway)
|
Tanna (Japan)
|
Ø Tunnel, Longest
(Road)
|
Mont Blanc Tunnel
between France and Italy
|
Ø Volcano, Highest
|
Ojos del Salado
(Andes, Ecuador)
|
Ø Volcano, Most
Active
|
Maunaloa
(Hawail-U.S.A.)
|
Ø Wall, Longest
|
Great wall of China
|
Ø Waterfall, Highest
|
Angel (Venezuela)
|
Ø Water, Lowest body
|
Dead Sea
|
Ø Zoo, Largest
|
Kruger National
Park, South Africa
|
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