Friday, June 5, 2020

THE LARGEST, LONGEST, BIGGEST, SMALLEST & HIGHEST IN (WORLD)

  1. Tallest building -- Burj Khalifa, Dubai  
  2. Tallest Animal (on land) -- Giraffe 
  3. Largest Bird -- Ostrich 
  4. Smallest Bird -- Bee Humming Bird
  5. Longest Bridge (Railway) -- Dan Yang Kunshan Grand Bridge, Beijing (China)
  6. Biggest Cinema House -- Roxy (New York)
  7. Largest City (in population) -- Tokyo 
  8. Biggest City (in area ) -- Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia 
  9. Largest Continent -- Asia 
  10. Smallest Continent -- Australia 
  11. Largest Country (in population) -- China 
  12. Largest Country (in area) -- Russia 
  13. Largest Dam -- Grand Coulee - Concrete Dam (U. S. A)
  14. Longest Day -- June 21 (in northern hemisphere)
  15. Shortest Day -- December 22 
  16. Largest Desert -- Sahara, Africa (8400000)
  17. Largest Epic -- The Mahabharata
  18. Largest Island -- Greenland (renamed Kalaatdlit Nunaat )
  19.  Largest Lake (Artificial) -- Lake Volta (Ghana)
  20. Deepest Lake -- Baikal 
  21. Largest Lake (Fresh Water) -- Lake Superior 
  22. Largest Lake (Salt Water) -- Caspian Sea 
  23. Highest Mountain Peak -- Everest (Nepal) 
  24. Highest Mountain Range -- Himalayas 
  25. Deepest & Biggest Ocean -- The Pacific 
  26. Largest Planet -- Jupiter 
  27. Largest Democracy -- India 
  28. Largest Mammal -- Whale 
  29. Wingless Bird -- Kiwi 
  30. Lightest Gas -- Hydrogen 

BIGGEST, HIGHEST, LARGEST, LONGEST & SMALLEST IN (INDIA)

  1. The highest dam - Tehri Dam, on Bhagirathi river (Uttarakhand) 
  2. The largest auditorium - Sri shanmukhanand hall (Mumbai)
  3. The longest river bridge - Mahatma Gandhi Setu Patna (5.575 km.)
  4. The largest lake - Wular lake (j &k)
  5. The largest desert - Thar (Rajasthan)
  6. The largest cave temple -- kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra)
  7. The largest mosque  -- jama masjid (Delhi)
  8. The highest peak --- Godwin Austen/K-2 (8611m)
  9. The largest Delta --- Sundarbans (West Bengal)
  10. The State with maximum forest area --- Madhya Pradesh
  11. The highest waterfall --- Jog or Garsoppa (Karnataka)
  12. The longest road --- Grand trunk road (Kolkata to Delhi)
  13. The longest river --- The Ganga
  14. The largest Museum ---  Indian Museum, Kolkata
  15. The largest public sector bank --- State Bank of India 
  16. The longest railway platform --- Gorakhpur (U. P) 1366.33 m
  17. The longest passenger train route --- Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari 
  18. The longest national highway --- NH - 44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari) 
  19. The state with longest coastline --- Gujarat 
  20. Largest saline water lake -- Chilika Lake, Odisha 
  21. The largest freshwater lake -- kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh) 
  22. The longest river of Southern India -- Godavari 
  23. The longest Dam -- Hirakud Dam (Odisha) 
  24. The highest Gallantry award -- Param Vir chakra 
  25. The highest award -- Bharat Ratna 
  26. The longest sea beach -- Marina beach (Chennai) 
  27. The largest river without Delta -- Narmada and Tapti 
  28. The biggest river Island -- Majuli Brahmaputra river, (Assam) 
  29. The largest planetarium -- Birla planetarium (Kolkata) 
  30. The highest Airport -- Leh Airport (Ladakh) 

Thursday, June 4, 2020

FIRSTS IN INDIA (FEMALE)

  1. India's first woman president - Smt. Pratibha Patil
  2. India's first woman prime minister - smt. Indira Gandhi
  3. India's first woman governor - Sarojini Naidu
  4. India's first woman ruler - Razia Sultan 
  5. India's first woman IPS officer - Kiran Bedi 
  6. First woman CM of a state - Sucheta Kriplani (U. P) 
  7. First woman union minister / first union health minister - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
  8. First woman president of INC - Annie Besant
  9. First woman judge of the supreme court - Meera Sahib Fatima Bibi 
  10. First woman to get Ashok chakra - Nirja Bhanot 
  11. First Indian woman ambassador of UN - Vijaya Lakshmi pandit 
  12. First Indian woman to get the Nobel Prize - Mother Teresa (1979) 
  13. First Indian woman to climb the Mt. Everest - bachendri pal 
  14. First Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest twice - Santosh Yadav 
  15. First Indian woman to get Bharat Ratna - Smt. Indira Gandhi  
  16. First Indian woman Airline pilot - Durga Banerjee 
  17. First Indian woman president of I. N Congress - Sarojini Naidu (1925)
  18. First Indian woman to win the booker prize - Arundhati Roy 
  19. First woman musician to get Bharat Ratna - M. S Subbulakshmi 
  20. First Indian woman to go into space - Kalpana Chawla