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Static GK Capsule 2017 AC Static GK Capsule 2017 Hello Dear AC Aspirants, Here we are providing best AC Static GK Capsule2017 keeping in mind of upcoming Competitive exams which cover General Awareness section . PLS find out the links of AffairsCloud Exam Capsule and also study the AC monthly capsules + pocket capsules which cover almost all questions of GA section. All the best for upcoming Exams with regards from AC Team. AC Static GK Capsule Static GK Capsule Contents SUPERLATIVES (WORLD & INDIA) ...................................................................................................................... 2 FIRST EVER(WORLD & INDIA) .............................................................................................................................. 5 WORLD GEOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................................ 9 INDIA GEOGRAPHY.................................................................................................................................................. 14 INDIAN POLITY ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 INDIAN CULTURE ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 SPORTS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 39 MISCELLANEOUS ...................................................................................................................................................... 46 VERSION DETAILS................................................................................................................................................. 109 SUPERLATIVES (WORLD & INDIA) Superlatives of World Longest/Largest/Bigg Name & Location Longest/Largest/Biggest/ Name & Location est/Smallest Smallest Biggest Bell Great Bell, Moscow Largest Continent Asia Biggest Cinema House Roxy, New York Largest Coral Formation The Great Barrier Reef, Australia Biggest city(area) Mount Isa, Australia Largest Country(area) Russia Biggest Flower Raffesia(Java) Largest China Country(population) Biggest Library Library of the congress Largest Dam Grand Coulee, USA Washington Biggest Museum British Museum, London Largest Delta Sundarbans, India Brightest Planet Venus Largest Democracy India Brightest Star Sirius Largest Desert Sahara, Africa Broadest Strait Davis Strait Largest Diamond The Cullinan Busiest Canal Baltic White Sea Canal Largest Diamond Mine Kimbarley, South Africa Busiest port Rotterdam, Netherland Largest Gulf Gulf of Mexico Coldest Place Vostok, Antarctica Largest Island Greenland Deepest & Biggest The Pacific Largest lake(artificial) Lake volta, Ghana Ocean Deepest lake Baikal, Russia Largest lake(fresh water) Lake Superior, USA Driest Place Atacama Desert, South Largest lake(salt water ) Caspian Sea Africa Farthest Planet Neptune Largest land animal African Elephant Fastest Animal Cheetah Largest Mammal Whale Fastest Bird Peregrine Falcon Largest Mosque Masjid-al-Haram, Saudi Arabia Highest Capital city La Paz, Bolivia Largest Palace Imperial Palace, China Highest City Wen Chuan, China Largest Park National Park, Greenland 2 | Page AC Static GK Capsule Highest lake Titicaca, Bolivia Largest Peninsula Arabia Highest Melting Point Tungsten Largest Planet Jupiter Highest Mountain Peak Everest, Nepal Largest Railway Platform Grand Central Terminal, New York Highest Mountain Himalayas Largest River Basin Amazon Basin Range Highest Plateau Pamir, Tibet Largest river by volume Amazon Highest Volcano Ojes del Salado, Chile Largest Sea Caspian Sea Highest Waterfall Salto Angel Falls, Largest Sea bird Albatross Venezuela Hottest Planet Venus Largest Stadium Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czech Largest Archipelago Indonesia Largest Volcano Mauna Loa, Hawaii Largest Asian Desert Gobi, Mongolia Lightest Gas Hydrogen Largest Bay Hudson Bay, Canada Lightest Metal Lithium Largest Bird Ostrich Longest & Deepest Rail Seikan Tunnel, Japan Tunnel Largest Church Basilica of St. Peter, Longest & Largest Canal Le Rove Tunnel, France Rome(Vatican city) Tunnel Largest Tokyo, Japan Narrowest Strait Chaliks City(population) Longest Animal Blue Whale Nearest Planet Mercury Longest Corridor Rameshwaram temple Rainiest place Cherrapunji, India Corridor, India Longest Day June 21 Shortest Day Dec 22 Longest Epic The Mahabharata Slowest animal Snail Longest Jump animal Kangaroo Smallest Bird Humming Bird Longest life- Tortoise Smallest Continent Australia Span(animal) Longest Mountain Andes, South America Smallest Planet Mercury Range Longest Non stop train Flying Scoutsman Tallest Animal Giraffe Longest poisonous King Cobra Tallest Building Bhurj Khalifa, UAE snake Longest port Tallest Minaret Great Morocco Hassan Mosque Longest Railway Trans-Siberian Railway Tallest Minaret(free Qutub Minar, India standing) Longest Railway Lower Zambeji, Africa Tallest Statue Statue of Liberty, New Bridge York,USA Longest Railway Gorakhpur, UP, India Tallest Tower Tokyo Sky Tree, Japan Platform Longest River Nile Wingless Bird Kiwi Longest River Dam Hirakud Dam, Odisha, Longest Wall Great wall of China India Longest Strait Tartar Strait Longest wing spread bird Albatross Longest Tunnel(road) Laerdal, Norway Most Intelligent Animal Chimpanzee Largest solar farm China Longest elevated cycle China path Longest bullet train China Longest Flight Qatar Airways Largest Solar Plant Morocco Largest Artificial Sun Germany 3 | Page AC Static GK Capsule Superlatives of India Longest/Largest/Highest etc Name & Location Biggest Cave temple Ellora, Maharashtra Biggest Hotel Oberai- Sheraton, Mumbai Biggest Mosque Jama Masjid at Delhi Biggest Stadium Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata Deepest River Valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda, Uttarakhand Fastest Train Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal Highest Airport Leh, Laddakh Highest Award Bharat Ratna Highest Battle Field Siachin Glacier Highest Dam Tehri Dam, Uttarakhand Highest Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Highest Lake Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) Highest Peak Karkoram-2 or K-2 Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest, Nepal Highest Railway Station Ghum (W. Bengal) Highest rainfall Mawsynram, Meghalaya Highest Road Road at Khardungla Highest Tower Kutab Minar at Delhi Highest Watefall Nohkalikai Falls in Shora, Meghalaya Largest Animal Fair Sonepur, Bihar Largest Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai Largest Cave Amarnath, J&K Largest Cave Temple Kailash Temple, Ellora Maharastra Largest Church Saint Cathedral,Goa Largest Delta Sunderbans Delta Largest Desert Thar, Rajasthan Largest District Kutch district, Gujarat Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur Largest Fresh Water Lake Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab Largest inland salt lake Sambhar lake Largest Lake Wular Lake, Kashmir Largest Lake (Saline Water) Chilka Lake, Orrisa Largest Man- Made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) Largest Museum India Museum at Kolkata Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium, Kolkata Largest Populated City Mumbai Largest Port Mumbai, Mahrashtra Largest Public Sector Bank State Bank of India Largest River Island Majuli, Assam Largest River without Delta Narmada and Tapti Largest State (Area) Rajasthan Largest State(Area) Rajasthan Largest State(Population) Uttar Pradesh Largest Zoo Zoological Garden at Alipur, Kolkata Longest Beach Marina Beach, Chennai 4 | Page AC Static GK Capsule Longest Canal Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal Longest Cantilever Span bridge Howrah Bridge, West Bengal Longest Dam Hirakud Dam, Odisha Longest Electric Railway Line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna Longest Highway NH-7 from Varanasi to Kanyakumari Longest Platform Gorakhpur(UP) Longest Railway Route From Assam to Kanyakumari Longest River Ganga Longest River Bridge Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna Longest River in India The Ganges Longest Road Grand Trunk Road Longest Tributary river of India Yamuna Longest Tunnel Jawahar tunnel, Jammu & Kashmir Oldest Church St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala) Smallest State (Area) Goa Smallest State (Population) Sikkim State wise largest area under forest Madhya Pradesh State with longest coastline Gujarat State with longest coastline of Andhra Pradesh South India Tallest Statue Statue of Gomateshwar, Karnataka Longest Road Tunnel Cheneni-Nashiri, J & K Largest startup incubator Hubballi, Karnataka Largest WiFi service Maharashtra Tallest flag post Attari Border, Punjab Largest Floating Solar PV Plant Kerala FIRST EVER(WORLD & INDIA) First in the world First in Name of the Person First men to climb Mt. Everest Sherpa Tenzing Norgay & Sir Edmund Hillary First man to reach North Pole Robert Peary First man to reach South Pole Ronald Amundsen First religion of the world Santosh Dharma First country to print books China First country to issue paper currency China First country to start Civil Services China Competition First President of United States of America George Washington First prime Minister of great Britain Robert Walpole First secretary general of United Nations Trigve Li First country to make education compulsory Prussia First country to win the world cup Football Uruguay (1930) First country to make a constitution United States of America Pakistan’s
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