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Important Superlatives of India – General Awareness for Bank exams

Dear Readers, IBPS Clerk Mains examination was approaching very shortly, we IG Team providing you more study materials and preparation strategy to crack the examination. Here we have given the Important GA One Liner on Important Superlatives of India for IBPS Clerk Mains , Syndicate Bank PO, SBI Exams. Candidates those who are preparing for the examination can make use of it.

Important Superlatives of India

  • Largest Museum – India Museum at Kolkata
  • Longest Dam – Hirakud Dam (Orrisa)
  • Highest Dam – Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft )
  • Highest Tower – Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high)
  • Largest Desert – Thar (Rajasthan)
  • Largest District – Kutch district
  • Fastest Train- Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal
  • State with longest coastline – Gujarat
  • State with longest coastline of South India – Andhra Pradesh
  • Longest Electric Railway Line – From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
  • Longest Railway Route – From Assam to Kanyakumari
  • Longest Railway Platform – Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
  • Highest Railway Station – Ghum (W. Bengal
  • Longest Platform – Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters
  • Longest Tunnel – Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
  • Longest Highway – NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
  • Smallest State (Population) – Sikkim
  • Smallest State (Area) – Goa
  • Largest State (Area) – Rajasthan
  • Largest State (Population) – Uttar Pradesh
  • Densest Populated State – West Bengal
  • Largest Cave – Amarnath (J&K)
  • Largest Cave Temple – Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra)
  • Largest Animal Fair – Sonepur (Bihar)
  • Largest Auditorium – Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai)
  • Biggest Hotel – Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai)
  • Largest Port – Mumbai
  • Largest Gurudwara – Golden Temple, Amritsar
  • Deepest River Valley – Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
  • Largest Church – Saint Cathedral (Goa)
  • Oldest Church – St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
  • Longest River – Ganga (2640 km long)
  • Longest Beach – Marina Beach, Chennai
  • Highest Battle Field – Siachin Glacier
  • Highest Airport – Leh (Laddakh)
  • Biggest Stadium – Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata
  • Largest River Island – Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom)
  • Largest Planetarium – Birla Planetarium (Kolkata)
  • Sambhar lake – Largest inland salt lake
  • Highest Award in India – Bharat Ratna
  • Highest Gallantry Award – Param Vir Chakra
  • Longest River in India – The Ganges
  • Longest Tributary river of India – Yamuna
  • Largest Lake – Wular Lake, Kashmir
  • Largest Lake (Saline Water) – Chilka Lake, Orrisa
  • Largest Man-Made Lake – Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
  • Largest Fresh Water Lake – Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Highest Lake – Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand)
  • Highest Peak – Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
  • Highest Peak in the world – Mount Everest in Nepal
  • Largest Populated City – Mumbai
  • Largest State(Area) – Rajasthan
  • Largest State(Population) – Uttar Pradesh
  • Highest Rainfall – Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum)
  • Highest Waterfall – Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora
  • State wise largest area under forest – Madhya Pradesh
  • Largest Delta – Sunderbans Delta
  • Largest River without Delta – Narmada and Tapti
  • Longest Cantilever Span bridge – Howrah Bridge
  • Longest River Bridge – Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
  • Biggest Cave temple – Ellora
  • Longest Road – Grand Trunk Road
  • Highest Road – Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector)
  • Biggest Mosque – Jama Masjid at Delhi
  • Highest Gateway – Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high)
  • Tallest Statue – Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka
  • Largest Public Sector Bank – State Bank of India
  • Longest Canal – Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
  • Largest Dome – Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur
  • Largest Zoo – Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata)

This post was last modified on January 11, 2021 6:49 pm