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Superlatives and Firsts of India
High-yield superlatives (largest, longest, highest) and notable firsts of India for CAPF revision, in compact tables
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One screen per section. Cover the right column and test yourself. Some "firsts" and superlatives shift with new data; verify the latest for any record claimed within the last few years.
| Superlative |
Answer |
| Largest State by area |
Rajasthan |
| Smallest State by area |
Goa |
| Largest State by population |
Uttar Pradesh |
| Smallest State by population |
Sikkim |
| Largest Union Territory by area |
Ladakh (verify the latest) |
| Highest peak in Indian territory |
Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) |
| Longest river |
Ganga |
| Largest peninsular river |
Godavari |
| Longest land border with a neighbour |
Bangladesh |
| Longest coastline (State) |
Gujarat |
| Largest freshwater lake |
Wular (Jammu and Kashmir) |
| Largest saltwater lake |
Chilika (Odisha) |
| Highest waterfall |
Kunchikal (Karnataka) (verify the latest) |
| Wettest place |
Mawsynram / Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) |
| Largest delta |
Sundarbans (Ganga-Brahmaputra) |
| Largest desert |
Thar (Great Indian Desert) |
See static gk compendium and india physiography.
| Superlative |
Answer |
| Largest dam (one of) |
Tehri / Hirakud (longest) (verify the latest) |
| Longest river bridge |
(verify the latest) |
| Highest railway bridge |
Chenab Bridge (Jammu and Kashmir) |
| Largest religious gathering |
Kumbh Mela |
| Highest civilian award |
Bharat Ratna |
| Highest wartime gallantry award |
Param Vir Chakra |
| Highest peacetime gallantry award |
Ashoka Chakra |
| Largest CAPF |
CRPF |
| First |
Person |
| President |
Dr Rajendra Prasad |
| Prime Minister |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Vice-President |
Dr S Radhakrishnan |
| Woman President |
Pratibha Patil |
| Woman Prime Minister |
Indira Gandhi |
| Woman Governor |
Sarojini Naidu |
| Woman IPS officer |
Kiran Bedi (1972) |
| Woman IAS officer |
Anna Rajam Malhotra |
| Indian Field Marshal |
Sam Manekshaw |
| Chief of Defence Staff |
General Bipin Rawat |
| Speaker of Lok Sabha |
G V Mavalankar |
| Chief Justice of India |
H J Kania |
| First |
Person / fact |
| Indian Nobel laureate |
Rabindranath Tagore (Literature, 1913) |
| Indian Nobel in Physics |
C V Raman (1930) |
| Indian in space |
Rakesh Sharma (1984) |
| Indian woman in space (origin) |
Kalpana Chawla |
| First Indian satellite |
Aryabhata (1975) |
| First Indian to win an individual Olympic gold |
Abhinav Bindra (2008, shooting) |
| First woman to climb Everest (India) |
Bachendri Pal (1984) |
| First Indian to swim the English Channel |
Mihir Sen |
| First |
Fact |
| First general election |
1951-52 |
| First Five Year Plan |
1951-56 |
| First university (modern) |
(Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, 1857) |
| First railway line |
Bombay to Thane (1853) |
| First nuclear test |
Pokhran-I (Smiling Buddha, 1974) |
| First biosphere reserve |
Nilgiri (1986) |
| First tiger project |
Project Tiger (1973) |
| First IIT |
IIT Kharagpur (1951) |