General Knowledge 4

Largest – World

Largest continent ........................................... Asia
Largest ocean ............................................... Pacific
Largest river .............................................. Amazon
Largest river basin ..................................... Amazon
Largest lake (salt water) ....................... Caspian sea
Largest lake (fresh water) ..........Lake Superior (North America)
Largest artificial lake ..... Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, (USA). Originally known as Boulder.
Largest bay ................ Hudson Bay (North Canada)
Largest gulf ..................................... Gulf of Mexico
Largest gorge ........................ Grand Canyon (USA)
Largest sea .................................... South China sea
Largest delta....... Sundarbans (India & Bangladesh)
Largest peninsula ........................................ Arabia
Largest island ......................................... Greenland
Largest country (in area) .............................. Russia
Largest country (in population)...................... China
Largest temple` ................... Angkorwat (Cambodia)
Largest archipelago .................................Indonesia
Largest airport ... King Khalid International Airport at Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Largest church ................St.Peter's Basilica, (Rome)
Largest mosque ...... Sha Faisal Mosque (Islamabad)
Largest embassy............ Russian Embassy (Beijing)
Largest war plane .......................... Mirage (France)
Largest prison ............................. Kharkov (Russia)
Largest hotel ........... MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (USA)
Largest desert.................................. Sahara (Africa)
Largest forest ........................Coniferous Forests of Northern Russia
Largest stadium ................. Strahove (Czech Republic)
Largest library .... United States Library of Congress
Largest museum .................... American Museum of Natural History (New York)
Largest animal ....................................... Blue whale
Largest land animal ........... The African Bush Elephant
Largest democracy ......................................... India
Largest electorate ........................................... India
Largest town ......................... Mt. Isa (Queensland)
Largest palace ..................... Imperial Palace, Beijing
Largest dam........................... Three Gorges (China)
Largest landmass................The Eurasian Landmass
Largest park .. Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
Largest zoo ...... Krugal National Park (South Africa)
Largest river island ......................... Majuli (Assam)
Largest inland sea.......................Mediterranean sea
Largest canal ........................ Keil Canal in Germany
Largest reef ............... Great Barrier Reef, (Australia)
Largest city (population)................... Tokyo (Japan)
Largest estuary..................................... Ob (Russia)
Largest cave........ Mammoth Cave, Kentucky (USA)
Largest strait ........................................ Tartar strait
Largest wall ......................... The Great Wall (China)
Largest cemetery ....................... Leningrad (Russia)
Largest railway station ......... Grand Central Terminal (New York)
Largest university building ..................................... University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Largest open university ........Indira Gandhi National Open University (New Delhi)
Largest steel plant ..........Nippon Steel plant (Japan)
Largest wingspan ....................................Albatross
Largest active volcano ............Mauna lao on Hawaii
Largest planet ............................................. Jupiter
Largest bird .................................................Ostrich
Largest sea bird .......................................Albatross
Largest diamond ................................. The Cullinan
Largest parliament . The National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
Largest north to south stretch of land ........ America
Largest cold desert ........................Gobi (Mongolia)
Largest plateau ................................... Pamir (Tibet)
Largest mountain range ..................... The Himalaya
Largest statue ............................... Statue of liberty
Largest bank .................... World bank (Washington)
Largest army.................................................. China
Largest cricket stadium ......... Melbourne (Australia)
Largest navy .................................................. USA
Largest airforce............................................... USA
Largest natural satellite ............. Ganymede (Jupiter)
Largest port .......................................... New Jersey
Largest book publishing company .......................... Mc Graw Hill (New York)
Largest Dome in the World... Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A)
Largest Epic ........................................ Mahabharat
Largest carnivorous mammal ................... Polar Bear

SMALLEST – World

Smallest continent .................................... Australia
Smallest ocean .............................................. Arctic
Smallest republic........................................... Nauru
Smallest colony ......................................... Gibraltar
Smallest state ..............................................Vatican
Smallest landmass...............The Australian Mainland
Smallest bird ..................................... Humming bird
Smallest flowering plant ................................Wolfia
Smallest planet..........................................Mercury
World's Smallest Museum .................... Arizona, US
World's Smallest PC ............................. Space Cube

HIGHEST – World

Highest mountain peak - Mt. Everest (Nepal)
Highest mountain - Himalaya
Highest lake - Titicaca (Bolivia)
Highest plateau - Tibet
Highest continent - Antartica
Highest waterfall - Angel Falls, (Venezuela)
Highest active volcano - Guayathiri (Chile)
Highest capital city - La Paz (Bolivia)
Highest town - Wenchuan (Tibet)
Highest volcano - Cotopaxy (Ecuador)
Highest airport - Lhasa Airport (Tibet)
Highest railway station - Condor Station (Bolivia)
Highest river bridge - Royal Gorge (Colorado)
Highest road bridge - Bailey bridge built by the Indian Army at Khardungla (Ladakh)
Highest railway - Qinghai - Tibet (5072m)
Highest Bridge - Milau (France) 2.46 km)

Longest fresh water lake - Lake Tanganyika
Longest epic - Mahabharatha
Longest wall - Great Wall of China
Longest non-stop train - Flying Scotsman
Longest drought - Atacama Desert (North Chile)
Longest snake - Python
Longest dictionary - Oxford English Dictionary
Longest Airport - Dallas (USA)
Longest Railway Bridge – Lower Zambezi (Africa)
Longest Throughfare – Broadway (New York)
Longest Shipping Canal – Baltic White Sea Canal
Longest day – June 21
Longest Beach – Rio de Janerio (Brazil)
Longest Corridor – Rameswaram Temple (India)
Longest Railway Line – Trans - Siberian Railway
Longest Swimming Canal – English Canal

TALLEST – World

Tallest fountain ................... Fountain Hills, Arizona
Tallest free standing structure (tower) .... CN Tower, Toronto (Canada)
Tallest active geyser ................. Steam boat Geyser Yellowstone National Park, (USA)
Tallest building ..................... Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Tallest tree................................The Redwood Tree Tallest animal ............................................... Giraffe
Tallest road.... Khardungla Pass (Leh Manali, India)
Tallest office building .............. Petronas Twin Tower (Kualalumpur, Malaysia)
Tallest bridge ...... Royal Gorge Arkansas, America)
Tallest Statue........... Statue of Motherland (USSR)
Tallest Minaret ...... Sultan Hassan Mosque (Egypt)
Tallest Railwayline .......... Quin - Hai - Tibet (China)

BIGGEST –World

Biggest dome ........................... Gol Gumbaz (India)

Gol Gumbaz is the mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah (1627-55) of the Adil Shahi dynasty who ruled the Sultanate of Bijapur from 1490 to 1686.

Biggest library ..................National Kie Library (CIS)
Biggest palace ..................................Vatican (Italy)
Biggest desert ................................ Sahara (Africa)
Biggest reptile ......................... Saltwater Crocodile
Biggest lizard ..............................Komodo Dragons
Biggest bird ................................... African Ostrich
Biggest eggs ..................................... Ostrich Eggs
Biggest flower .........................................Rafflesia.

The Ostrich, Struthio camelus, is a large flightless bird native to Africa. The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird

Biggest planet ............................................ Jupiter
Biggest passenger ship.............. Queen Elizebeth II
Biggest diamond mine...... Kimberley (South Africa)
Biggest car manufacturer ............... General Motors (Detroit, America)
Irrigation scheme ..............Llyod barraye (Pakistan)
Island .......... Greenland (Renamed Kalaallit Nunnat)
Water fall ..........................................Guaira (Brazil)
Hotel ............................................... Conrad Hilton
Biggest Park ................. Yellow stone National Park
Biggest Auditorium.............. Municipal Auditorium at Atlantic City
Biggest football stadium ............. Marakana (Brazil)

DEEPEST – World

Deepest ocean ................................... Pacific Ocean
Deepest lake........................... Lake Baikal, (Siberia)
Deepest gorge ....................... Hell’s Canyon, (USA)
Deepest point in the ocean ........ Challenger deep of Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean

MISCELLANEOUS – World

Fastest land animal .................................... Cheetah
Oldest national flag................................... Denmark
Fastest bird .................................................... Swift
Shortest river ........ Roe river in Montana (61 m long)
Lowest point on earth .............................. Dead Sea
Most densely populated province............ Monacco
Least populous city .....................................Vatican
The oldest plant ............................................. Rose
The oldest capital city............................. Damascus
Most poisonous fish .............................. Puffer fish
Coldest place............................ Vostok,(Antarctica)
Hottest planet............................................... Venus
Strongest natural fibre ...................................... Silk
Lowest temperature .............Absolute Zero (-273oC)
Widest Bridge..................... Sydney Harbour Bridge Busiest airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport
Island continents............... Antarctica and Australia
Lowest mountains ........................... Bheinna Bhaile Hottest region .... North-West Sahara, Azisia (Libya)
Fastest planet ............................................ Mercury
Coldest planet ........................................... Neptune
Widest Waterfall .................................. Khone Falls
Oldest Religion ........................................ Hinduism
Slowest animal ................................................ Snail
Heaviest Rainfall....................... Mawsynram (India)
Driest place ....................... Death valley (California)
Hottest place ..................................... Azizia (Libya)
Furthest planet (from the sun) ....................Neptune
Shortest day....................................... December 22

First in World

The first persons to reach Mount Everest – – Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary
The first person to reach North Pole – Robert Peary
The first person to reach South Pole – Amundsen
The first religion of the world – Hinduism
The first country to print book – China
The first country to issue paper currency – China
The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services – China
The first President of the U.S.A – George Washington
The first Prime Minister of Britain – Robert Walpole
The first Governor General of the United Nations – Trigveli (Norway)
The first country to prepare a constitution – U.S.A
The first Governor General of Pakistan – Mohd. Ali Jinnah
The first country to host NAM summit – Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
The first European to attack India – Alexander, The Great
The first European to reach China – Marco Polo
The first person to fly aeroplane – Wright Brothers
The first person to sail round the world – Magellan
The first country to send man to the moon – U.S.A
The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space – Russia
The first country to host the modern Olympics – Greece
First human in space - Yuri Gagarin (Russia)
The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped – Hiroshima (Japan)
The first person to land on the moon Neil Armstrong followed by – Edwin E. Aldrin
The first shuttle to go in space – Columbia
The first spacecraft to reach on Mars – Viking-I
The first woman Prime Minister of England – Margaret Thatcher
The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country – Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)
The first woman cosmonaut of the world – Valentina Tereshkova (Russia)
The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly – Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut – Mohd. Azharuddin
The first man to have climbed Mount Everest twice – Nawang Gombu
The first U.S. President to resign Presidency – Richard Nixon
Chinese Traveller to India – Fahein
Foreign Invader to India – Alexander the Great
Person in Space – Yuri Gagarin
Person on Moon – Neil Armstrong
The first woman to climb Mount Everest – Junko Taibei
The first European to visit China – Marco Polo
Man to walk in Space – Alexei Leonov
The first woman Prime Minister of a country – Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
The first woman President of a country – Maria Estela Peron
The first woman to Command a Space Mission Colonel – Eileen Collins (U.S.A.)
First talkie movie in the world – “The jazz Singer” (1927).
The first residents of International Space station – Bill Shepherd (USA), Yuri Gidzanko and Sergei Krikalev (Russia)
The first blind man to scale Mt. Everest – Erik Weihenmayer (USA, May 25, 2001)
The first Muslim woman to become the Secretary General of Amnesty International – lrine Zubeida Khan
The first space astronaut to go into space seven times till date – Jerry Ross (U.S.A.)
The first South African to become the second space tourist – Mark Shuttleworth
The first woman Prime Minister of South Korea – Ms. Chang Sang
The first youngest grandmaster of the world in chess – Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)
The first adventurer flying successfully across the English Channel without aircraft – Felix Baumgartner (July 2003)
China's first man in space – Yang Liwei
The first Muslim woman to receive Nobel Prize – Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize 2003)
The woman with the highest individual Test score making a new world record – Kiran Baloch (Pakistani cricketer, scoring 242 runs playing women's cricket test against West Indies in Karachi in March, 2004)
The first woman of the world to climb Mt. Everest four times – Lakpa Sherpa (Nepali)
The first woman to cross seven important seas of the world by swimming – Bula Chaudhury (India)
First Asian city to host Olympics – Tokyo, Japan (1964)
First woman black tennis player to win a singles title at Wimbledon – A Gibson (1957)
First woman to win a Grand Slam – Maureen Catherine (195 3)
First woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal – Charlotte Cooper, UK, Tennis singles (1900)
First professional woman bullfighter – Patricia Mccormick (1952)
First man to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic – Charles Lindbergh (1927)
First person to cross Antarctic Circle – James Cook (1773)
First people to reach the North Pole – Lt Col. Joseph O. Fletcher and Lt. William P. Benedict (1952)
First person to conquer the Everest twice – Nawang Gombu Sherpa(1965)
First person with only one arm to climb the Everest – American Gary Guller(2003)
First woman to fly solo around the world – jerrie Fredritz Mock.(1964)
First woman to fly solo across the English Channel – Hariiet Quimbo
First ascent of Everest without bottled oxygen – Peter Habeler (Austria) and Reinhold
Messner, (Italy) (1978) First woman to set foot on North Pole – Ann Bancroft, USA (1986)
– Jointly developed by Sony and Philips (1978) First Atom Bomb – “Little Boy” dropped over Hiroshima by the US during the second world war (1945)
First manned space vehicle – Vostok 1,USSR (1961)
First human to walk on the Moon – Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11(1969)
First human to walk in space – Alexei Arkhovich Leonov (1965)