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Largest Country - Russia (17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)


Smallest Country - Vatican City Size: 0.17 sq. mi. (0.44 km²)Rome, Italy -Europe
Largest Continent - Asia, 17,212,2000 square miles
Smallest Continent - Australia,312,2000 square miles
Largest Gulf - Gulf of Mexico, 615,000 square miles
Largest Bay - The Bay of Bengal, 1,300,000 square miles
Largest Island - Greenland, 839,999 square miles
Largest peninsula - Arabia.
Largest bay - Hudson Bay, Canada.

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Longest River - The Nile, Africa, 4,180 miles
Shortest River - The Roe, Montana, US, 200 feet long
Largest River - The Amazon, South America, basin of 2,500,000 square miles
Largest Sea - The Mediterranean Sea, 1,144,800 square miles
Largest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, 60,060,700 square miles
Deepest Ocean - Pacific Ocean, average depth 13,215 feet
Smallest Ocean - Arctic Ocean, 5,427,000 square miles
Largest Lake - Caspian Sea, 152,239 square miles
Largest Freshwater Lake - Lake Superior, US-Canada, 31,820 square miles
Highest Lake - Titicaca in Peru, 12,500 feet above sea level
Lowest Lake - The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, surface of water 1,349 feet below sea
level
Larget Lagoon - Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil, 150 miles long, 4,500 square miles
Largest Waterfall - Angel Falls, Venezuela, 3,212 feet high
Deepest Underwater Trench - Marina Trench, 200 miles southwest of Guam in the Pacific
Ocean,36,198 feet below the ocean surface
Highest Mountain - Mount Everest, Himalayan Mountains, Nepal-Tibet, 29,035
feet above sea level
The lowest mountain range - Buena Bhaile.
Longest Mountain Range - The Andes of South America, 5,000 miles
Lowest Point on land - The Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, water surface 1,349 feet below
sea level
Largest Gorge - Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Arizona, US, 217 miles
long, 4-18 miles wide, 1 mile deep
Deepest Gorge - Hells Canyon, Snake River, Idaho, 7,900 feet deep

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Largest museum - American Museum of Natural History.


Tallest tower - C. N. Tower, Toronto, Canada.
Largest airport - King Khalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia.
Largest church - Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City, Rome.
Tallest statue - Spring Temple Buddha, China -153 m (502 ft) total monument height
Largest railway tunnel - Seikan Tunnel, Japan - Once completed in 2016, the Gotthard Base
Tunnel (Switzerland) will be the longest railway tunnel in the world.
The largest cinema - Fox theatre, Detroit, USA.
Tallest office building - Sears Tower, Chicago.
Largest Archipelago - Indonesia, 3,500-mile stretch of 17,000 islands

1. The first person to reach Mount Everest


Sherpa Tenzing, Edmund Hillary

2. The first person to reach North Pole


Robert Peary

3. The first person to reach South Pole


Amundsen

4. The first religion of the world


Hinduism

5. The first country to print book


China

6. The first country to issue paper currency


China

7. The first country to commence competitive examination in civil services


China

8. The first President of the U.S.A.


George Washington

9. The first Prime Minister of Britain


Robert Walpole

10. The first Governor General of the United Nations


Trigveli (Norway)

11. The first country to win football World cup


Uruguay

12. The first country to prepare a constitution


U.S.A.

13. The first Governor General of Pakistan


Mohd. Ali Jinnah

14. The first country to host NAM summit


Belgrade (Yugoslavia)

15. The first European to attack India


Alexander, The Great

16. The first European to reach China


Marco Polo

17. The first person to fly aeroplane


Wright Brothers

18. The first person to sail round the world


Magellan

19. The first country to send man to the moon


U.S.A.

20. The first country to launch Artificial satellite in the space


Russia

21. The first country to host the modern Olympics


Greece

22. The first city on which the atom bomb was dropped
Hiroshima (Japan)

23. The first person to land on the moon


Neil Armstrong followed by Edwin E. Aldrin

24. The first shuttle to go in space


Columbia

25. The first spacecraft to reach on Mars


Viking—I

26. The first woman Prime Minister of England


Margaret Thatcher

27. The first Muslim Prime Minister of a country


Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)

28. The first woman Prime Minister of a country


Mrs. S. Bandamaike (Sri Lanka)

29. The first woman to climb Mount Everest


Mrs. Junko Tabei (Japan)

30. The first woman cosmonaut of the world


Velentina Tereshkova (Russia)

31. The first woman President of the U.N. General Assembly


Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

32. The first man to fly into space


Yuri Gagarin (Russia)

33. The first batsman to score three test century in three successive tests on debut
Mohd. Azharuddin

34. The first man to have climbed Mount Everest Twice


Nawang Gombu

35. The first U.S. President to resign Presidency


Richard Nixon

 Larges Oil refinery: Pak-Arab Oil refinery

 Biggest mosque in Pakistan: Faisal Mosque Islamabad

 Tallest building of Pakistan: Muslim commercial Bank Building (Karachi)

 Oldest forest of Pakistan: Janipur (Founded between Loralai And Ziarat)

 Longest Motorway in Pakistan: M-8

 Biggest Hockey Stadium of Pakistan: National Hockey Stadium Lahore

 Biggest industry of Pakistan: Textile

 Biggest industrial unit in public sector: Pakistan Steel Mills

 Longest railway tunnel in Pakistan: Khojak

 Longest tunnel: Lawari Tunnel

 Province which have longest coastline: Baluchistan

 Largest language: Punjabi (48)

 Pakistan’s largest museum: Karachi museum

 Biggest park in Pakistan: Ayub National park


 Larges Dam in Pakistan: Terbela Dam

 Largest Earth filled Dam in Pakistan: Terbela Dam

 Oldest Nuclear reactor of Pakistan: Karachi nuclear power plant (1972)

 Biggest fort of Pakistan: Rani Kot Fort (Haiderabad)

 Oldest fort of Pakistan: Daraward Fort

 Coldest place in Pakistan: Skardu

 Highest dam in Pakistan: Mangla Dam

 Highest & longest glacier of Pakistan: Siachen

 Largest Island of Pakistan: Manora

 Oldest Barrage of Pakistan: Sukkur Barrage

 Highest mountain peak: K-2 (8611 meter or 28251)

 Highest railway station of Pakistan: Khan Mehtarzai

 Highest Road: Sharah-e-Karakorm (Sharah Resham)

 Oldest news agency of Pakistan: APP (Associate Press of Pakistan)


 Biggest cricket stadium of Pakistan: National Stadium Karachi

 Largest shipping company of Pakistan: Pakistan national Shipping Corporation

 Largest university of Pakistan: Punjab University

 Largest (biggest) province by area: Baluchistan

 Biggest province by population: Punjab

 Biggest library found in Pakistan: Punjab Library

 Biggest airline of Pakistan: PIA

 Biggest railway workshop in Pakistan: Mughalpura (Lahore)

 Largest city of Pakistan: Karachi

 Largest District of Pakistan: Chaghi

 Biggest desert found in Pakistan: Thar

 Highest battle field in Pakistan: Siachin Glacier

 Hottest place in Pakistan: Jacobabad

 Biggest airport of Pakistan: Quaid-e-Azam Airport Karachi

 Biggest Commercial Bank of Pakistan: Habib Bank Limited


 Biggest Barrage of Pakistan: Sukkur Barrage (1932)

 Oldest airline of Pakistan: Orient Airline

 Oldest private Airline of Pakistan: Hajvery Airline

 Largest & longest river: Indus (2896 Km) 1800 miles

 Biggest man-made lake found in Pakistan: Keenjhar Lake (Thatha)

 Biggest natural lake in Pakistan: Manchar Lake (Dadu)

 Pakistan’s largest Stock Exchange: Karachi

 Highest pass: Mustagh Pass (6000 meters)

 Biggest Gas field: Sui Gas field

 Biggest hydroelectric power station: Tarbela Dam


 Largest jungle of Pakistan: Changa Manga

 Highest military award: Nishan-e-Haider

 Highest civil award: Nishan-e- Pakistan

 The Longest Coastal area in Pakistan: Balochistan (771 kms long) (total 1046 km)

 The Longest Frontier: Pakistan-Afghanistan border |(2252 kms)


 The Longest Railways Platform: Rohri (Sindh) Length, 1,896 feet

 The Longest Railway Track in Pakistan: Karachi to Landi Kotal

 The Longest Road in Pakistan: Karachi to Peshawar

 The Longest Tunnel (Railway) in Pakistan: Khojak Balochistan (Length 2.43 miles)

 The Longest Tunnel in Pakistan: Lowari (Length 5 miles)

 The Longest (Water) in Pakistan: Warsak Dam Tunnel (Length 3.5 miles)

 The Tallest Tower in Pakistan: Minar-e-Pakistan (Hight 196 feet 8 inches)

 The Tallest Minaret in Pakistan: Four minarets of Shah Faisal Mosque with a height of 286
feet each.

 The Tallest Mountain Pass Pakistan: Muztagh Pass (Nothern Areas) height 19,030 feet

 The Tallest Mountain Peak Pakistan: K-2 (Karakoram) height 28,269 feet

 The Tallest Railway Station Pakistan: Khan Mehtarzai (height 2,221 feet)

 First Loin of Pakistan was designed by: Brandley

 The area lowest rainfall in Pakistan: Nokkundi

 The oldest Pakistani TV Station in located in: Lahore


 Largest mobile company in Pakistan: Mobilink

 Largest sector of Pakistan’s economy: Agriculture sector

 Largest radio station in Pakistan: Islamabad

 Highest radio station in Pakistan: Gilgit

 Longest road in Pakistan: Pakistan Highway

 Largest Division of Pakistan: Kalat

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