Mosque, Cathedral, Temple, Museum, Ocean, Palace, Peninsula, Place

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Mosque, Cathedral, Temple

  • Biggest Mosque (India) : Jama Masjid (Delhi)
  • Largest Mosque: Umayyad Mosque covering an area of 3.76 acres. Damascus, Syria.
  • Largest Cathedral: Diocese of New York 11,240 sq. m.
  • Largest Temple: Angkor Vat. 162.6 ha area, built for Lord Vishnu by Khmer King Suryavarman-II during 1113 - 50 A. D. (Cambodia)

Museum

  • Largest Museum (India) Indian Museum (Kolkata)
  • Largest Museum (World) American Museum of Natural History, New York city. It comprises 19 inter- connected buildings with 23 acres of floor space.

Ocean

Deepest, Largest & Biggest the Pacific Ocean

Palace

Biggest Palace (World) Vatican Palace, Rome (Italy)

Peninsula

Largest Peninsula (World) Arabia

Place

  • Hottest Place (India) Barmer (Rajasthan)
  • Hottest Place (World) Aziza (Libya) 58OC
  • Coldest Place (World) Verkhoyansk (Siberia) – 85O
  • Driest Place Death Valley (California)
  • Heaviest Rain Fall (World) Mawsynram (Meghalaya)

Plateau

  • Highest Plateau Pamir (Tibet)
  • Largest Park Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta, Canada (17,560 Sq. miles)

Planets

  • Largest, Biggest & heaviest Jupiter
  • Planet
  • Smallest Planet: Mercury
  • Brightest Planet: Venus
  • Coldest Planet: Pluto
  • Planet Farthest (from the Sun) : Pluto
  • Planet Nearest (to the Sun) : Mercury
  • Dustiest Planet: Mars (Red Planet)

Play

The Longest Play: The Mouse-Trap (Agatha Christie՚s Novel)

Poem

Longest Poem of the World: Mahabharata

Population

  • Largest Country in Population (World) China
  • Largest State in Population (India) Uttar Pradesh (India)
  • Densiest State in Population West Bengal (India)
  • Smallest State in Population Sikkim (India)
  • Smallest Union Territory in Population Lakshadweep (India)

Railways

  • Longest Railway (World) Tran-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Nakhodka, 9438 km.
  • Longest Railway (Asia) India
  • Fastest Train (World) French T. G. V.
  • Longest Railway Station (India) Kharagpur (W. B.)
  • Longest Railway Platform (India) Sonepur (Bihar)
  • Longest Railway Route Himsagar Express