General Awareness is an important section of most of the competitive exams. Ususally the questions that come in it are associated with the largest, biggest, smallest, highest things or landscapes in India. Here is a list of all the important points for you to remember.
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S. No. |
Type |
Place |
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1. |
Longest River |
Ganges |
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2. |
Longest Tributary |
Yamuna |
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3. |
State with the longest coastline |
Gujarat (1214.7 km) |
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4. |
Longest Dam |
Hirakud (stands across the river Mahanadi) |
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5. |
Longest Beach |
Marina Beach, Chennai |
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6. |
Longest Electrified Railway Line |
Situated between Cherlopalli and Rapuru stations of Andhra Pradesh |
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7. |
Longest Road |
NH 44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari) |
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8. |
Longest Railway Platform |
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
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9. |
Longest Canal |
Indira Gandhi Canal |
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S. No. |
Type |
Place |
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1. |
Largest Museum |
Indian Museum (found by Asiatic Society of Bengal, Kolkata) |
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2. |
Largest Desert |
Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert; forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan) |
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3. |
Largest State in terms of area |
Rajasthan |
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4. |
Largest forest state |
Madhya Pradesh |
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5. |
Largest Mosque |
Jama Masjid |
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6. |
Largest Port |
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (also known as Nhava Sheva, located in Maharashtra, Mumbai) |
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7. |
Largest river island |
Majuli Island (located in Assam at Brahmaputra river) |
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8. |
Largest Library |
National Library of India (Kolkata) |
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9. |
Largest Lake of Saline Water |
Chilka Lake (Odisha) |
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10. |
Largest Union Territory |
Jammu and Kashmir |
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S. No. |
Type |
Place |
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1. |
Smallest state by area |
Goa (3702 km2) |
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2. |
Smallest state by population |
Sikkim |
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3. |
Smallest Union Territory |
Lakshadweep (32 km2) |
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4. |
Highest award |
Bharat Ratna |
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5. |
Highest Dam |
Tehri Dam (located on Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand, India) |
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6. |
Highest Gallantry Award |
Param Veer Chakra |
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7. |
Highest Sports Award |
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna |
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8. |
Highest Airport |
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (Leh, J&K) |
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9. |
Highest Waterfall |
Jog Falls, Karnataka |
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10. |
Rainiest Place |
Mausinram (Meghalaya, India) |
