IMPORTANT GK

SR. NO.	RECORD NAME	PLACE NAME
1	Biggest Auditorium	Municipal Auditorium at Atlantic City (U.S.A.),covers an area of 7 acres.
2	Biggest Hotel	Conrad Hilton (Chicago,U.s.A.), has 25 floors.
3	Biggest Library	United states Library of congress,Washington D.C. Containing over 41874900 titles.
4	Biggest Museum	American Museum of Natural History has an area of 23 acres.
5	Biggest Railway Station	Grand Central Terminal(New york),with 47 platforms,48 acres in area.
6	Biggest River(In Discharge)	Amazon (L-6,416 km  Dis. Area-6,915,000sq. Km)
7	Biggest Stadium	Strahov Stadium (Prague),accommodates 240000 spectators.
8	Biggest Zoo	Etosha Reserve(S.W.Africa),38500 sq.miles
9	Deepest Boring	An oil well of 25340 ft.(Texas, U.S.A.)
10	Highest Airfield	Ladakh Airfields (Kashmir,India),14230 ft.above sea-level.
11	Highest Airport	Bangda Airport in Eastern Tibet(15,548 Ft above Sea Level)
12	Highest Dam	Rogusky (U.S.S.R.),1066 ft.
13	Highest Lighthouse	Bishop Rock (England), 146 ft.high
14	Highest Straight Gravity Dam	Bhakra Dam(India), 740 ft.
15	Highest Suspension Bridge	Over royal Gorge (Colorado,U.S.A.),1053 ft.high
16	Largest Aquarium	John J.Shedd Aquarium,Illinois,(U.S.A.)
17	Largest Bell	Tsar Kolokol at Kremlin (Moscow),weight 193 tons
18	Largest Church	Basilica of St.Peter,Vatican City,611 ft.in length and 18110 sq.yds.in area.
19	Largest Dam	Kariba (Rhodesia),149000000 acre ft.in volume
20	Largest Diamond	Cullinan(Over 1 1/2 lbs.)
21	Largest Diamond Mine	At Kimberly,South Africa
22	Largest Dome	Astrodome in U.S.A.;outside diameter is 216 metres.
23	Largest Hydro-electric Plant	Krasnoyarsk (USSR),6096 M.W. capacity
24	Largest Indoor Theatre	Radio City Music Hall (New York),accommodates 6200 persons.
25	Largest Merchant Ship	Pierre Guillaumat (france),555031 DWT Tonnage
26	Largest Mosque	Jumma Masjid (Delhi),Over 10000 sq.ft. in area
27	Largest Office building	Pentagon (Arlington,U.S.A.),over 34 acres of floor area.
28	Largest Palace	The Palace at Vatican City,area 13.5 acres
29	Largest Park	Yellowstone National Park (USA)
30	Largest Passenger Ship	Queen Elizabeth II (83000 tonnes)(U.K.)
31	Largest Pearl	Pearl of Allah,weighs 14 lbs.2 oz.
32	Largest Reflector Telescope	Mt.Semirodriki (U.S.S.R.)
33	Largest Sculptures	Mount Rushmore National Memorial(Black Hills,S.Dakota,U.S.A.)
34	Largest Temple	Angkor-Vat (Cambodia), 1400 yds. by 1400 yds.
35	Largest Thoroughfare	Broadway (New York)
36	Largest University Building	Lomonosov University (Moscow), has 32 stories
37	Longest Cantilever Bridge	Quebec (Over St.Lawrence River,Canada),3239 ft.in length.
38	Longest Bridge (Any Type)	Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge(164,800 m/540,700 ft),China
39	Longest Corridor	Rameshwaram Temple's Corridor (India),400 ft.
40	Longest Dam	Hirakund(India),15.8 miles
41	Longest Port	New York Harbour (U.S.A.)
42	Longest Railroad Tunnel	Seikan (Japan),33.5 miles
43	Longest Railway Bridge	Lower Zambesi (Mozambique,Africa),12054 ft.
44	Longest Railway Line	Trans-siberian Railway (USSR) connecting Moscow to Vladivostok
45	Longest Railway Platform	Kharagpur(India),2733 ft.
46	Longest Road Highway Tunnel	St.Goldhard(Switzerland),10.01 miles
47	Longest Seaway	St.Lawrence seaway(U.S.A.-Canada),189 miles
48	Longest Suspension Bridge	Verrazano-Narrows, 13700 ft.long,USA
49	Longest Viaduct	Lake Panchhartrain Causeway (Louisiana,U.S.A.), with a total length of 24 miles
50	Longest Wall	Great Wall of China(1400 miles)
51	Most populous City in the world	Shanghai
52	Tallest Building	Sears Tower(Chicago), 442 m.
53	Tallest Church	Ulm Cathedral (Ger.),529 ft.high
54	Tallest Statue	Motherland, an enormous female figure (U.S.S.R.)
55	Tallest Tower	Tokyo Tower (Japan) 1000 ft.high