Friday 29 July 2011

General Knowledge- Biggest, highest, largest and longest things in the world


Biggest, highest, largest and longest things in the world  


Sl. No
 Item
 Thing
1
Largest  Archipelago
Indonesia
2
Fastest Bird
Swift
3
Largest Bird
Ostrich
4
Smallest Bird
Humming Bird
5
Longest      Railway Bridge
Huey P. Long Bridge, Louisiana  (U.S.A.)
6
Tallest Building in the World
Burj, Dubai (UAE)
7
Longest  Irrigational Canal
The Kalakumsky Canal
8
Longest Canal
Suez Canal
9
Highest Capital
La Paz (Boliva)
10
Biggest in Area City
Mount Isa Australia
11
Largest in Population City
Tokyo
12
Costliest City
Tokyo
13
Highest City
Van Chuan (China)
14
Largest Continent
Asia
15
Smallest Continent
Australia
16
Biggest Country,  (Area)
Russia
17
Largest Country, (Population)
China
18
Largest Country, (Electorate)
 ndia
19
Largest Creature,
Blue Whale
20
Largest Delta,  
Sunderban (Bangladesh & India)
21
Largest Desert, (World)
Sahara (Africa)
22
Largest Desert, (Asia)
Gobi
23
Largest Dam
Grand Coulee Dam (U.S.A.)
24
Highest Dam
Hoover Dam (U.S.A.)
25
Largest Diamond
The Cullinan
26
Largest Dome
Astrodome, in Housten (U.S.A.)
27
Largest Epic
Mahabharat
28
Largest Irrigation Scheme,    
Lloyd Barrage, Sukkur (Pakistan)
29
Largest Island
Greenland
30
Largest Sea
Mediterranean sea
31
Longest Sea Bridge
Jiaozhou Bay Bridge, China  (42.5 km)
32
Deepest Lake
Baikal (Siberia)
33
Largest Lake,  (Artificial)
Lake Mead (Boulder Dam)
34
Highest Lake,
Titicaca (Bolivia)
35
Largest Lake, (Fresh water)
Superior
36
Largest Lake, (Salt water)
Caspian
37
Largest Library,
United State Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
38
Highest Mountain Peak
Everest (Nepal)
39
Longest Mountain Range
Andes (S. America)
40
Largest Museum
British Museum, London
41
Largest Ocean
Pacific
42
Biggest Palace
Vatican (Italy)
43
Largest Park
Yellow Stone National Park   (U.S.A.)
44
Largest Peninsula
Arabia
45
Coldest Place (Habitated)
Verkhoyank (Siberia)
46
Dryest Place
Iqique (In Atacama Desert, Chile)
47
Hottest Place
Azizia (Libya, Africa)
48
Rainiest Place
 Mausinram (Meghalaya, India)
49
Biggest Planet
Jupiter
50
Brightest Planet
Venus
51
Smallest Planet
Mercury
52
Highest Plateau
Pamir (Tibet)
53
Longest Platform
Kharagpur (India)
54
Longest Railway
Trans-Siberian railway
55
Longest Railway Station
Grand Central Terminal,       Chicago (U.S.A.)
56
Longest River
Nile (Africa)
57
Largest River
Amazon (S. America)
58
Largest Sea-bird
Albatross
59
Brightest Star
Sirius
60
Tallest Statue
Statue of Motherland,  Volgagrad (Russia)
61
Largest Radio  Telescope
New Mexico (U.S.A.)
62
World’s first Tramway,
New York
63
Longest  Tunnel, (Railway)
Tanna (Japan)
64
Longest Tunnel, (Road)
Mont Blanc Tunnel between  France and Italy
65
Highest Volcano
Ojos del Salado (Andes, Ecuador)
67
Most Active Volcano
Maunaloa (Hawail-U.S.A.)
68
Longest Wall
Great wall of China
69
Highest Waterfall
Angel (Venezuela)
70
Lowest body Water
Dead Sea
71
Largest Zoo
Kruger National Park, South Africa
72
Tallest Animal,
Giraffe

General Knowledge- Freedom Struggle Era Journals and Authors


Important News Papers and Journals of Freedom Struggle Era India

Sl. No
News paper / journal
Founder/editor
1
Bengal Gazette (1780) (India’s first news paper)
J.K. Hikki
2
Kesari
B.G. Tilak
3
Maharatta
B.G. Tilak
4
Sudharak
G.K. Gokhale
5
Amrita Bazar Patrika
Sisir Kumar Ghosh and Motilal Ghosh
6
Rest Goftar (First newspaper in Gujarat)
Dadabhai Naoroji
7
Vande Mataram
Aurobindo Ghosh
8
New India (Weekly)
Bipin Chandra Pal
9
Statesman
Rebert Knight
10
Hindu
Vir Raghavacharya and G.S. Aiyar
11
Sandhya
B.B. Upadhyaya
12
Vichar Lahiri
Krishnashastri Chiplunkar
13
Hindu Patriot
Girish Chandra Ghose (Later Harish Chandra Mukherji)
14
Yugantar
Bhupendranth Datta and Barinder Kumar Ghose
15
Bombay Chronicle
Firoze Shah Mehta
16
Som Prakash
Iswer Chand Vidyasagar
17
Hindustan
M.M. Ambedkar
18
Mooknayak
B.R. Ambedkar
19
Comrade
Mohammad Ali
20
Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq
Sir Syyed Ahmed Khan
21
Al-Hilal
Abdul Kalam Azad
22
Al-Balagh
Abdul Kalam Azad
23
Independent
Motilal Nehru
24
Punjabi
Lala Lajpat Rai
25
Commonweal
Annie Besant
26
New India (Daily)
Annie Besant
27
Essays In Indian Economics
M.G. Ranade
28
Pratap
Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi
29
Indian Mirror
Devendra Nath Tagore
30
Samvad Kaumudi (Bengali)
Ram Mohan Ray
31
Young India
M.K Gandhi
32
Nav Jeevan
M.K Gandhi
33
Harijan
M.K Gandhi
34
Udbodhana
Swami Vivekananda
35
Prabudha Bharat
Swami Vivekananda
36
Hindustan Times
K.M. Pannikar
37
Indian Socialist
Shyamji Krishna Verma
38
Free Hindustan (in Vancouver)
Tarak Nath Das
39
Talwar (In Berlin)
Birendra Nath Chattopadhyaya
40
Kavivachan Sudha
Bhartendu Harishchandra
41
Native Opinion
V.N. Mandalik
42
Kranti
Mirakar, Joglekar, Ghate.