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Static GK: Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest in India [Updated List]

Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

Dhola Sadiya Bridge on the lohit Bridge/ River Bridge river, Assam (also known as Bhupen Hazarika Setu, 9.15km) Bandra Worli Sea Link on Mahim Sea bridge bay, Mumbai (5.6km) Railway Bridge Rail Bridge, Kerala Rail-Road Bridge Bogibeel Bridge, Assam Vivek Express, Dibrugarh to Train Route Kanyakumari (4286 km) Chenani-Nashri Tunnel (also known Highway Tunnel as Patnitop Tunnel, 11.2 Km) on NH44, Jammu & Kashmir Railway platform Gorakhpur, UP (1355.4m) LONGEST Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (11.215 Railway Tunnel km), Jammu & Kashmir

● NH-44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari, 3745 KM)

National Highway ● Previously this highway was known

as NH-07 and it was starting from Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and was ending at Kanyakumari (Tamilnadu). Grand Trunk road from Delhi to Road Kolkata. (2500 km; one of the oldest roads of Asia). From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna Electric railway line (1532 km) Which State has Longest Uttar Pradesh (752 km) Highway Chennai Port Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway Elevated Expressway

Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Sea Bridge Nadu)

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LARGEST Road Network (state) Maharashtra (6.08 lakhs km) Road density (KM per unit Kerala (5268 km/km2) Area)

Share of national highway Uttar Pradesh (8483 km)

Leh- Manali at Khardungla, (Jammu TALLEST (Highest) Road and Kashmir) Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge), BIGGEST Cantilever bridge Kolkata

Coasts, Borders, States

LONGEST coastline (State) (1600 km) coastline (South Indian State) Andhra Pradesh (974 km)

International Border (State) West Bengal (2509 km)

State with the maximum Arunachal Pradesh (3 Countries)> number of international West Bengal (3 Countries) > borders (3 Countries) State with the maximum LARGEST number of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh (8 states) states State (Area) (3.42 Lakh km2) State (Population) Uttar Pradesh (204 million)

State (Population Density) (1,106 per sq km) State (Literacy Rate) Kerala (94%) State (Sex Ratio) Kerala (1084) State (Population growth Meghalaya (27.95%) rate) State (Most Urbanized) Goa (62%) Siachen Glacier, Jammu and TALLEST (HIGHEST) Battlefield Kashmir SMALLEST State (Area) Goa (3702 km2) State (Population) Sikkim (6.1 lakh)

State (Population Density) Arunachal Pradesh (17 people) State (Literacy Rate) Bihar (63.2%) State (Sex Ratio) (879)

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State (Population Growth Sikkim (12.89%) Rate) State (Least Urbanized) Himachal Pradesh (10%)

Man Made Structures

LONGEST Corridor of Ramanathaswamy Temple at Longest Corridor Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu)

Auditorium Sri Shanmukhanand Hall, Mumbai Mosque Jama Masjid (Delhi) Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil Temple Nadu Dome Gol Gumbaz, , Karnataka LARGEST Planetarium Birla Planetarium, Kolkata Cave Temple Kailash Temple (Ellora, Maharashtra) Museum Indian Museum, Kolkata Public Sector Bank State Bank of India Cave Amarnath (J & K)

Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar Zoo Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata Animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar) Port Mumbai (Maharashtra) Church Saint Cathedral (Goa) Largest Monastery Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi river, Dam TALLEST Uttarakhand (Height 260 m) Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri, UP (HIGHEST) Statue Gomateshwara, Karnataka Airport Leh airport, J&K. Gallantry Award Param Vir Chakra

Civilian Award Bharat Ratna Bhakra Dam on Satluj river, Himachal Straight Gravity Dam Pradesh. BIGGEST Stadium Yuva Bharti Stadium, Salt Lake, Kolkata

Hotel Oberoi-Sheraton (Mumbai) Oldest Church - St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)

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Place of heaviest rainfall- Mawsynram (Meghalaya)

Dam, Lakes and Water Bodies

LONGEST Indira Gandhi Canal, Rajasthan Canal (Source Harike barrage, Punjab). Beach Marina Beach (Chennai) Glacier Siachen Glacier, , J&K

Hirakud Dam on Mahanadi River, Dam Odisha (25.8 km) Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Man-made lake Dam, 934m), UP.

Vembanad lake, Kerala ( length lake 96.5 KM)

Tso-Lhamo Lake, Sikkim TALLEST (HIGHEST) Lake (Height 5330m) Tower Pitampura Tower, Delhi Lake , J&K Brackish (Partial Saline) , Odisha LARGEST water lake Salt water lake Sambhar lake, Rajasthan

Fresh water lake Wular lake, J&K. ( 260 km2)

Shivaji sagar lake on Koyna Dam, Artificial Fresh water lake Maharashtra. (891 km2)

Barrage Farakka Barrage, Ganga Deepest lake - lake on Satluj river, Himachal Pradesh. (depth 163 m)

Natural Resources

Longest River which Flows LONGEST (1465 km) entirely in India River (India) The Ganga (2640 km. long) Tributary river of India Yamuna (1376 km, tributary of Ganga)

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Narmada (Falls in the Arabian sea,1300 Longest river which forms estuary km)

Thar Desert, Northwestern India (2 LARGEST Desert lakhs km2) Sundarban Delta (on the mouth of Ganga Delta – Brahmaputra River) State with Maximum Forest Area Madhya Pradesh (94 K km2) State with the maximum Mizoram (about 75%) percentage of Forest area ● Godwin Austin (K2), Karakoram TALLEST Range, J&K (8611 m) (HIGHEST) Mountain peak ● Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) highest in the undisputed territory of India Waterfall Kunchikal Falls, Varahi river, Karnataka BIGGEST Most Populous city Mumbai

Majuli island on Brahmaputra River, Riverine Island Assam

Deepest River Valley- Bhagirathi and Alaknanda

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