Basic General Knowledge

Basic General Knowledge

BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Largest – World Largest palace ..................... Imperial Palace, Beijing Largest dam ........................... Three Gorges (China) Largest continent ........................................... Asia Largest landmass ................The Eurasian Landmass Largest ocean ............................................... Pacific Largest park .. Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada) Largest river .............................................. Amazon Largest zoo ...... Krugal National Park (South Africa) Largest river basin ..................................... Amazon Largest river island ......................... Majuli (Assam) Largest lake (salt water) ....................... Caspian sea Largest inland sea .......................Mediterranean sea Largest lake (fresh water) ..........Lake Superior (North Largest canal ........................ Keil Canal in Germany America) Largest reef ............... Great Barrier Reef, (Australia) Largest artificial lake ..... Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, Largest city (population)................... Tokyo (Japan) (USA). Originally known as Boulder. Largest bay ................ Hudson Bay (North Canada) Largest estuary..................................... Ob (Russia) Largest gulf ..................................... Gulf of Mexico Largest cave ........ Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (USA) Largest gorge ........................ Grand Canyon (USA) Largest strait ........................................ Tartar strait Largest sea .................................... South China sea Largest wall ......................... The Great Wall (China) Largest delta....... Sundarbans (India & Bangladesh) Largest cemetery ....................... Leningrad (Russia) Largest peninsula ........................................ Arabia Largest railway station ......... Grand Central Terminal Largest island ......................................... Greenland (New York) Largest country (in area) .............................. Russia Largest university building ..................................... Largest country (in population) ...................... China University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Largest temple` ................... Angkorwat (Cambodia) Largest open university ........Indira Gandhi National Largest archipelago .................................Indonesia Open University (New Delhi) Largest airport ... King Khalid International Airport at Largest steel plant ..........Nippon Steel plant (Japan) Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) Largest wingspan ....................................Albatross Largest church ................ St.Peter's Basilica, (Rome) Largest active volcano ............Mauna lao on Hawaii Largest planet ............................................. Jupiter Largest mosque ...... Sha Faisal Mosque (Islamabad) Largest bird .................................................Ostrich Largest embassy............ Russian Embassy (Beijing) Largest sea bird .......................................Albatross Largest war plane .......................... Mirage (France) Largest diamond ................................. The Cullinan Largest prison ............................. Kharkov (Russia) Largest parliament . The National People's Congress Largest hotel ........... MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, of the People's Republic of China Las Vegas (USA) Largest north to south stretch of land ........ America Largest desert.................................. Sahara (Africa) Largest cold desert ........................ Gobi (Mongolia) Largest forest ........................ Coniferous Forests of Largest plateau ................................... Pamir (Tibet) Northern Russia Largest mountain range ..................... The Himalaya Largest stadium ................. Strahove (Czech Republic) Largest statue ............................... Statue of liberty Largest library .... United States Library of Congress Largest bank .................... World bank (Washington) Largest museum .................... American Museum of Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system Natural History (New York) known in the world. It is situated in USA. It Largest animal ....................................... Blue whale became a World Heritage Site on October 27, Largest land animal ........... The African Bush Elephant 1981, and an international Biosphere Reserve on Largest democracy ......................................... India September 26, 1990. It is centered around the Largest electorate ........................................... India Green River, with a tributary, the Nolin River, Largest town ......................... Mt. Isa (Queensland) feeding into the Green just inside the park. Largest army.................................................. China HIGHEST – World Largest cricket stadium ......... Melbourne (Australia) Largest navy .................................................. USA Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal) Largest airforce............................................... USA Highest mountain - Himalaya Largest natural satellite ............. Ganymede (Jupiter) Largest port .......................................... New Jersey Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia) Largest book publishing company .......................... Highest plateau - Tibet Mc Graw Hill (New York) Highest continent - Antartica Largest Dome in the World... Astrodome, in Housten Highest waterfall - Angel Falls, (Venezuela) (U.S.A) Largest Epic ........................................ Mahabharat Highest active volcano - Guayathiri (Chile) Largest carnivorous mammal ................... Polar Bear Highest capital city - La Paz (Bolivia) Highest town - Wenchuan (Tibet) SMALLEST – World Highest volcano - Cotopaxy (Ecuador) Smallest continent .................................... Australia Smallest ocean .............................................. Arctic Highest airport - Lhasa Airport (Tibet) Smallest republic........................................... Nauru Highest railway station - Condor Station (Bolivia) Smallest colony ......................................... Gibraltar Highest river bridge - Royal Gorge (Colorado) Smallest state ..............................................Vatican Highest road bridge - Bailey bridge built by the Smallest landmass...............The Australian Mainland Indian Army at Smallest bird ..................................... Humming bird Smallest flowering plant ................................ Wolfia Khardungla (Ladakh) Smallest planet..........................................Mercury Highest railway - Qinghai - Tibet (5072m) World's Smallest Museum .................... Arizona, US Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km) World's Smallest PC ............................. Space Cube LONGEST – World Abu Dhabi’s leaning Tower Longest river - Nile (Egypt) Longest road - Pan American Highway The 160 metre Longest railway platform - Kharagpur, (West Ben- Capital Gate gal) Tower, developed Longest dam - Hirakud (Orissa) by the Abu Dhabi Longest mountain range - Andes (South America) National Exhibition Longest railway tunnel - Seikan Rail Tunnel (Ja- pan) Company has Longest railway line - Trans-Siberian Railway been recognized as (Russia) the ‘furthest leaning Longest ship canal - Suez Canal ‘man made Longest estuary - Obeestuary (Russia) tower’in the world Longest road tunnel - St. Gothard Road Tunnel (Switzerland) by Guinness world Longest bridge - Second Lake Pontchar- records. The tower train Causeway leans at 18 degrees over four times the Reliant Astrodome is the world's first domed angle of Italy’s fa- sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA. mous Leaning It opened in 1965 as Harris County Domed Stadium and was nicknamed the Tower of Pisa. "Eighth Wonder of the World". Longest fresh water lake - Lake Tanganyika Biggest reptile ......................... Saltwater Crocodile Longest epic - Mahabharatha Biggest lizard ..............................Komodo Dragons Longest wall - Great Wall of China Biggest bird ................................... African Ostrich Longest non-stop train - Flying Scotsman Biggest eggs ..................................... Ostrich Eggs Longest drought - Atacama Desert (North Biggest flower ......................................... Rafflesia. Chile) The Ostrich, Struthio camelus, is a large flightless Longest snake - Python bird native to Africa. The Ostrich is the Longest dictionary - Oxford English Dictionary largest living species of bird Longest Airport - Dallas (USA) Biggest planet ............................................ Jupiter Longest Railway Bridge – Lower Zambezi (Africa) Biggest passenger ship.............. Queen Elizebeth II Longest Throughfare – Broadway (New York) Biggest diamond mine...... Kimberley (South Africa) Longest Shipping Canal – Baltic White Sea Canal Biggest car manufacturer ............... General Motors Longest day – June 21 (Detroit, America) Longest Beach – Rio de Janerio (Brazil) Irrigation scheme .............. Llyod barraye (Pakistan) Longest Corridor – Rameswaram Temple Island .......... Greenland (Renamed Kalaallit Nunnat) (India) Water fall ..........................................Guaira (Brazil) Longest Railway Line – Trans - Siberian Railway Hotel ............................................... Conrad Hilton Longest Swimming Canal – English Canal Biggest Park ................. Yellow stone National Park Biggest Auditorium.............. Municipal Auditorium TALLEST – World at Atlantic City Biggest football stadium ............. Marakana (Brazil) Tallest fountain ................... Fountain Hills, Arizona DEEPEST – World Tallest free standing

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