Highest, Longest, Biggest and Largest in India

General Awareness

① Highest Gateway?

② Longest River?

③ Highest forest cover area-wise?

④ Highest Rainfall?

⑤ Longest River Bridge?

⑥ Largest Mosque?

⑦ Longest Delta?

⑧ Biggest Cave Temple?

⑨ Largest Statue?

⑩ Longest Road Tunnel?

Answers:

1. Buland Darwaza - main entrance to the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.

2. Brahmaputra (2900km)

3. Madhya Pradesh.

Highest forest cover as a percentage of total geographical area: Mizoram (85.41%)

4. Mawsynram (Meghalaya)

5. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Bridge is the longest bridge in India, over the River Brahmaputra, in Assam. Earlier called Dhoa Sadia Bridge.

6. The Masjid-i Jehan Numa, commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. It was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan between 1650 and 1656. It has capacity of 25,000 persons. The minaret made of red sandstone and marble is of 135ft in height making it the largest mosque in India.

Taj-ul-Masajid, Bhopal has one the highest capacity of all the mosques (over 100,000) in India (Capacity wise it is the biggest.)

7. The Ganges Brahmaputra Delta, also named Ganges Delta, Sunderban Delta is situated in Asia where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal. It is, with a surface area of some 100.000 square km, the world's largest Delta.

8. The Kailasa temple, Ellora (Cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Buddhist, Jain and Hindu cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves, ranging for over 2 kilometres (1.5 miles).