1
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Tallest animal on land
A
Giraffee
2
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Biggest bell
A
Tsar bell, Moscow
3
Q
Fastest bird
A
Peregrine falcon (322km/hr)
4
Q
Largest bird
A
Ostrich
5
Q
Smallest bird
A
Bee humming bird
6
Q
Longest bridge railway
A
Dan Yang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, Beijing (China)
7
Q
Tallest building
A
Burj khalifa, Dubai( UAE)
8
Q
Tallest residential building
A
432, Park avenue, NY (US)
9
Q
Biggest cinema house
A
Roxy (New York)
10
Q
Largest city (in population)
A
Tokyo [(37,126,000)], est population 2011
11
Q
Highest city
A
Wen Zhuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft
12
Q
Biggest city in terms of area
A
New York (8,683 square.km )
13
Q
Largest continent
A
Asia
14
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Smallest continent
A
Australia
15
Q
Largest country in terms of area
A
Russia
16
Q
Largest coral formation
A
The great barrier reef (Australia)
17
Q
Largest dam
A
The three Georges Dam (China)
18
Q
Longest day
A
June 21 (in Northern hemisphere)
19
Q
Shortest day
A
In the northern hemisphere December 22
20
Q
Largest delta
A
Sundarbans, india (8000 sq miles)
21
Q
Largest desert (world)
A
Sahara, Africa (8,400,000) sq km
22
Q
Largest diamond
A
The cullinan (over 1/2 pound)
23
Q
Longest epic
A
The mahabharata
24
Q
Largest island
A
Greenland (renamed Kalaatdlit Nunaat)
25
Largest lake (artificial)
Lake Volta (Ghana)
26
Deepest lake
Baikal ( Siberia, Russia); depth 5314 feet ; 1637 meters
27
Highest lake
Titicaca (Bolivia) 12,646ft above sea level
28
Largest lake (fresh water)
Lake superior, USA
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Largest lake (salt water)
Caspian sea ( 371,000) sq km
30
Largest mosque
Masjid-al-Haram, MECCA, Saudi Arabia (356,800) sq m
31
Biggest library
National Kiev library, Moscow and library of Congress, Washington
32
Highest Mountain peak
Everest (Nepal) 29,035 ft; 8850m
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Highest mountain range
Himalayas
34
Longest mountain range
Andes (s. America) about, 7000km in length
35
Biggest museum
Louvre (paris)
36
Tallest minaret (free standing)
Qutub minar, delhi 238ft
37
Deepest and the biggest ocean
The Pacific
38
Largest palace
Imperial palace ( gugong), Beijing (china)
39
Largest park
Northeast Greenland national park, Greenland
40
Largest peninsula
Arabia ( 3 250,000) sq km
41
Coldest place or region
Easy Antarctica plateau (-93.2° C)
42
Driest place
Atacama desert (South america)
43
Largest planet
Jupiter
44
Brightest and hottest planet nearest to earth
Venus
45
Farthest planet from the sun
Neptune
46
Nearest planet to the sun
Mercury
47
Smallest planet
Mercury
48
Highest plateau
Pamir( tibet)
49
Longest platform railway
Gorakhpur UP india 1367m
50
Largest platform railway
Grand central terminal, New York (USA)
51
Largest port
Port of Shanghai ( china )
52
Busiest port
Port of Shangai ( china )
53
Longest railway
Trans- siberian railway ( 5772 miles long )
54
Longest river
Nile (6690km) amazon (6570km)
55
Longest river dam
Hirakud dam (odisha), India ( 15.8 miles)
56
Largest sea bird
Albatross
57
Largest sea ( inland )
Caspian sea (143, 200 sq miles)
58
Brightest star
Sirius A ( also called dog star)
59
Tallest statue
Sardar vallabhbhai Patel
Statue of unity
182 meters
Sadhubet, near Sardar Sarovar dam, Gujarat (india)
60
Tallest statue (bronze)
Bronze statue of lord Buddha, Tokyo ( Japan):
61
Tallest tower
Burj Khalifa, (Dubai, UAE-2716 ft)
62
Longest and deepest railway tunnel
Gotthard tunnel (switzerland) (57.09km)
63
Longest and largest canal tunnel
Le rove tunnel (south of france)
64
Longest tunnel (road)
Laerdal, Norway (24.51 km)
65
Highest volcano
Ojos del Salado, Andes, Argentina- chile (6886 m)
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Largest volcano
Mauna Lao (Hawaii)
67
Longest wall
Great wall of china (1500 miles )
68
Highest waterfall
Salto angel falls ( Venezuela)
69
Longest strait
Straight of Malacca
70
Broadest strait
Davis straits ( Greenland and Baffin island, Canada)
71
Narrowest strait chaliks
45 yards (between the Greek mainland and the island of euboea in the Aegean sea)
72
Largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico, shoreline 2100 miles
73
Largest archipelago
Malay Archipelago, Indonesia
74
Tallest active geyser
Steamboat geyser, yellowstone national park, USA 300ft
75
Largest river basin
Amazon basin- 2,720,000 sq miles
76
World's rainiest spot
Mawsynram, meghalay, India (11,873) mm
77
Lightest gas
Hydrogen
78
Lightest metal
Lithium
79
Highest melting point
Tungsten, 3322°C
80
Hardest substance synthetic
Wurtzite boron nitride
81
Hardest substance comes from meteorites
Lonsdaleite
82
Hardest substance comes from meteorites
Lonsdaleite
83
Hardest natural substance found on earth
Diamond
84
Largest diamond producing mine
Aikhal (russia)
85
Longest animal
Blue whale, ( recorded length 106 feet, weight 195 tons )
86
Longest lifespan on am animal
190-200 years (Giant tortoise)
87
Largest land animal
African bush elephant
88
Fastest animal
Cheetah (Leopard) 70 mph
89
Longest jump animal
Kangaroo
90
Longest wing spread bird
Sooty albatross
91
Fastest dog
Persian grey hound (43 mph)
92
Longest poisonous snake
King cobra
93
Biggest flower
Raffesia Arnoldi (Java)
94
Largest church
Bascilica of st. Peter, Vatican city, Rome (italy)
95
Largest temple
Angkor wat (Combodia)
96
Largest river in volume
Amazon, Brazil
97
Longest corridor
Ramananthaswami temple corridor, rameshwaram 5000 feet
98
Highest straight gravity dam
Bhakhra dam india
99
Highest capital city
La Paz (bolivia)
100
Largest asian dessert
Gobi, Mongolia
101
Largest democracy
India
102
Largest neck animal
Giraffe
103
Largest animal of the cat family
Lion
104
Most intelligent animal
Chimpanzee
105
Bird that never makes its nest
Cuckoo
106
Wingless bird
Kiwi
107
Reptile which changes its colours
Chameleon
108
Largest mammal
Blue whale
109
Smallest country
Vatican city
110
Smallest city
Vatican city
111
Country with literary population density
Antarctica
112
, country with the highest population density
M a c a u and Singapore
113
Least populated city
Croatia
114
Country with the longest border
Canada
115
Country with maximum adjoining borders
China, with 13 countries
Play
116
Shortest river
Roe river
201 feet / 61 meter long
117
Largest Cricket stadium.
Narendra modi stadium (ahmedabad)
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Indian History complete1702
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Indian Economy288
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Miscellaneous125
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Science and Technology144
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Ecology and Environment242
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Superlatives India61
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Superlatives World117
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