www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co Static GK Digest Dear readers, Dear Readers, This Static GK Digest is a complete docket of important information of Static GK topics. This Static GK Digest is important and relevant for competitive exams like SSC & Railways. List of World Heritage Sites in India Cultural Heritage sites in India 1 Agra Fort Uttar Pradesh 2 Ajanta Caves Maharashtra 3 Ellora Caves Maharashtra 4 Taj Mahal Uttar Pradesh 5 Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram Tamil Nadu 6 Sun Temple, Konârak Orissa 7 Churches and Convents of Goa Goa 8 Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh 9 Group of Monuments at Hampi Karnataka 10 Khajuraho Group of Monuments Madhya Pradesh 11 Elephanta Caves Maharashtra 12 Great Living Chola Temples 12 Tamil Nadu 13 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal Karnataka 14 Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Madhya Pradesh 15 Humayun's Tomb Delhi Delhi 16 Qutb Minar and its Monuments 2 www.gradeup.co Mountain Railways of India (Includes Darjeeling Himachal 17 Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and Pradesh, Sikkim, the Kalka-Shimla Railway) Tamilnadu 18 Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya Bihar 19 Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Madhya Pradesh 20 Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park Gujarat Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria 21 Mumbai Terminus) 22 Red Fort Complex Delhi 23 The Jantar Mantar Jaipur, Rajasthan Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, 24 Ranthambore Fort, Gagron Fort, Amber Fort and Rajasthan Jaisalmer Fort) 25 Rani-ki-Vav at Patan Gujarat Archaeological Site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda 26 Bihar University) Capitol Building Complex - The Architectural Work of Le 27 Chandigarh Corbusier 28 Historic City of Ahmadabad Gujarat Mumbai, 29 Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles Maharashtra Natural Heritage sites in India 1 Kaziranga National Park Assam 2 Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan 3 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary Assam 4 Sundarbans National Park West Bengal 3 www.gradeup.co Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National 5 Uttarakhand Parks Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu 6 Western Ghats and Maharashtra Great Himalayan National Park 7 Himachal Pradesh Conservation Area Mixed Heritage site in India- 1 Khangchendzonga National Park Sikkim List of Bird Sanctuaries in India Name of the State Name of the Bird Sanctuary Atapaka Bird Sanctuary Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary Sri Peninsula Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary Bordoibam Beelmukh Birds’ Sanctuary Assam Deepor beel bird sanctuary Panidihing bird sanctuary Nagi Dam Bird Sanctuary Bihar Nakti Dam Bird SanctuaryBhimband Wildlife Sanctuary Delhi Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary Goa Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Gaga Wildlife Sanctuary Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary Kutch Bustard Sanctuary Gujarat Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary Porbandar Bird Sanctuary Thol Lake Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Haryana Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh Gamgul 4 www.gradeup.co Attiveri Bird Sanctuary Bankapura Peacock Sanctuary Bonal Bird Sanctuary Gudavi Bird Sanctuary Karnataka Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary Magadi Bird Sanctuary Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary Kadalundi Bird Sanctuary Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary Kerala Pathiramanal Kerala Pakshipathalam Bird Sanctuary Thattekad Bird Sanctuary Mayani Bird Sanctuary Maharashtra Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary Mizoram Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary Odisha Chilika Lake Punjab Harike bird sanctuary Keoladeo National Park Rajasthan Khichan Bird Sanctuary Tal Chhapar Sanctuary Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary Tamil Nadu Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary Vellode Birds Sanctuary Vettangudi Bird Sanctuary Bakhira Sanctuary Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary Okhla Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh Patna Bird Sanctuary Saman Sanctuary Samaspur Sanctuary Sandi Bird SanctuaryThasrana Bird Sanctuary Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary West Bengal Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary 5 www.gradeup.co List of Famous Temples in India No. Famous Temple Location Nearest River/Lake 1. Badrinath Temple Badrinath, Uttarakhand Alaknanda River 2. Kedarnath Temple Kedarnath, Uttarakhand Mandakini River 3. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganga River 4. Golden Temple Amritsar, Punjab Ravi River 5. Amarnath Temple Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir Amaravati River 6. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir Devika River 7. Akshardham Temple New Delhi Yamuna River 8. Konark Sun Temple Konark, Odisha Chandrabhaga River 9. Brihadeeswara Temple Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River 10. Lingaraj Temple Bhubaneshwar, Odisha - 11. Somnath Temple Saurashtra, Gujarat - 12. Jagannath Temple Puri, Odisha Chilika Lake 13. Kamakhya Temple Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra River 14. Shani Shingnapur Temple Ahmednagar, Maharashtra - 15. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Shirdi, Maharashtra - 16. Dilwara Temples Mount Abu, Rajasthan Banas River 17. Khajuraho Temples Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh - Tirupati Balaji Temple 18. Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh Pushkarini River (Tirumala Venkateshwara) Virupaksha Temple 19. Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River (Pampapathi temple) 6 www.gradeup.co Siddhivinayak Temple- 20. (Dedicated to Lord Mumbai, Maharashtra Bhima River Ganesha) 21. Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai River 22. Vitthala Temple Hampi, Karnataka Tungabhadra River 23. Ramanathaswamy Temple Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu Rameswaram 24. Airavateswara Temple Darasuram, Tamil Nadu Kollidam River 25. Sanchi Stupa Raisen, Madhya Pradesh - 26. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand Yamunotri River 27. Bahai Temple New Delhi - Padmanabhaswamy 28. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Temple 29. Dakshineswar Kali Temple Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly River Kandariya Mahadeva 30. Madhya Pradesh - Temple Gomateshwara Bahubali 31. Hassan district, Karnataka - Temple 32. Nataraja Temple Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu - 33. Sabarimala Temple Pathanamthitta, Kerala Pamba River 34. Mahakaleshwar Temple Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra River 35. Dwarkadhish temple Dwarka, Gujarat Gomti River IMPORTANT DAMS WITH RIVERS Some Facts about dams- • Longest dam in the world- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Longest dam in India- Hirakund dam (Orissa) • Highest dam in India- Tehri dam (Uttarakhand) • Highest straight gravity Dam in India- Bhakra dam • First dam of India-Kallanai Dam (Grand Anicut) on river kaveri (Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu) 7 www.gradeup.co LIST OF IMPORTANT DAMS IN INDIA State Dam River Andhra Pradesh Srisailam Dam Polavaram Project Godavari Somasila Dam Penna Ranganadi River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra Arunachal Pradesh Ranganadi Dam River Bihar Nagi Dam Nagi Kohira Dam Kohira Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Chhattisgarh Dam Hasdeo Dudhawa Dam Mahanadi Gujarat Ukai Dam Tapti Kadana Dam Mahi Sardar Sarovar Dam Narmada Karjan Dam Karjan Mitti Dam Mitti Aji Dam Aji Sipu Dam Sipu Himachal Pradesh Pong Dam Beas Bhakra Dam Satluj Kol Dam Satluj Chamera Dam Ravi Nathpa Jhakri (Sjvnl) Dam Satluj Jammu and Kashmir Baglihar Dam Chenab Salal Dam Chenab Uri Dam Jhelum Pakal Dul Dam Marusudar Nimoo Bazgo Dam Indus Kishenganga Dam KISHANGANGA Jharkhand Panchet Dam Damodar Maithon Dam Barakar Tenughat Dam Damodar Konar Dam Konar 8 www.gradeup.co North Koel North Koel Karnataka Krishnarajasagar Dam Cauvery Basava Sagar Dam (Narayanpur Dam) Krishna Hemavathy Dam Hemavathy Kabini Dam Kabini Tungabhadra Dam Tungabhadra Hidkal Dam Ghataprabha Almatti Dam Krishna Bhadra Dam Bhadra Supa dam Kalinadi Lakhya Dam Lakhya hole Kerala Cheruthoni Dam Cheruthoni Kakki Dam Kakki Mullaperiyar Dam Periyar Idukki Dam Periyar Kulamavu Dam Kilivillithode Madhya Pradesh Ban Sagar Dam Son Gandhi Sagar Dam Chambal Indira Sagar Dam Narmada Omkareshwar Dam Narmada Tawa Dam Tawa Maharashtra Bhatsa Dam Bhatsa and chorna Koyna Dam Koyna Warna Dam Varna Ujjani Dam Bhima Aruna Dam Aruna Upper Wardha Dam Wardha Odisha Hirakud Dam Mahanadi Indravati Dam Indravati Kapur Dam Kapur Podagada Dam Podagada Rengali Dam Brahmani Upper Kolab Dam Kapur 9 www.gradeup.co Haladia Dam Haladia Lower Indra Dam Indra Punjab Ranjit Sagar Dam Ravi Rajasthan Bisalpur Dam Banas Jawahar Sagar Dam Chambal Mahi Bajaj Sagar Dam Mahi Rana Pratap Sagar Dam Chambal Jaswant Sagar Dam Luni Jakham Main Dam Jakham (Mahi) Sikkim Rangit III Dam Ranjit Tamilnadu Bhavani Dam Bhavani Mettur Dam Kaveri Sholaiyar Dam Sholaiyar Pillur Dam Bhavani Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana) Srisailam Dam Krishna (Some Part of Dam also in Telangana) Nizam Sagar Dam Manjira Musi Dam Musi Singur Dam Manjira Sri Rama Sagar (Pochampadu Project) Godavari Uttarakhand Jamrani Dam Gola Lakhwar Dam Yamuna Koteshwar Bhagirathi Ramganga Dam Ramganga Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Uttar Pradesh Rihand Dam Rihand West Bengal Kangsabati Kumari Dam Kasai LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES States National park Remarks Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park - 10 www.gradeup.co Sri Venkateswara National Park - Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary Arunachal Pradesh Mouling National Park - Namdapha National Park - Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage Manas National Park Site Nameri National Park - Orang National Park - Bihar Valmiki National Park - Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park - Kanger Valley National Park - Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National