Highest, Longest, Biggest, Largest, Deepest, Smallest of the World Questions and Answers

Answer: A

It is Mount Everest.

Everest stands 8,849 m above sea level, remeasured jointly by Nepal and China in 2020. Measured from base to summit, Mauna Kea is taller; measured from the earth's centre, Chimborazo is furthest out.

Answer: A

It is Salt Lake Stadium.

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan at Kolkata was built in 1984 to hold about 120,000 and now seats about 85,000 after renovation - still the largest stadium in India for football, though the Narendra Modi Stadium at Ahmedabad now exceeds it in cricket.

Answer: B

It is Grand Central Terminal.

Grand Central in New York has 44 platforms and 67 tracks on two underground levels - more than any other station in the world. It opened in its present form in 1913.

Answer: B

It is the cheetah.

The cheetah reaches about 100 to 120 km/h in short bursts, accelerating from a standstill to 100 km/h in about three seconds. It cannot hold the speed for more than 400 or 500 metres.

Answer: D

It is the Sahara.

The Sahara covers about 9.2 million km², nearly the size of the United States, and is the largest hot desert. Antarctica and the Arctic are larger still, being cold deserts by the rainfall definition.

Answer: B

It is the Hazarduari.

The palace at Murshidabad, built in 1837 for Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah, has a thousand doors, of which about a hundred are false - made so, it is said, to trap intruders. It is now a museum.

Answer: C

It is the National Library of India.

At Belvedere House in Kolkata, it holds about 2.5 million volumes and is the largest library in India by collection. It is a legal deposit library, receiving a copy of every book published in the country.

Answer: A

It is second.

India produces about 1.3 million tonnes of tea a year, behind China's roughly 3 million. India was the largest producer until China overtook it in the 2000s, and remains the largest consumer, drinking most of what it grows.

Answer: B

It is the Hawa Mahal.

The Hawa Mahal at Jaipur, built in 1799, is essentially a screen wall - five storeys of 953 latticed windows through which the women of the household could watch the street unseen. It is barely a room deep.

Answer: A

It is Venus.

Venus reaches magnitude −4.9, bright enough to cast a shadow, because its sulphuric acid clouds reflect about 70 per cent of the sunlight falling on them and it comes closer to earth than any other planet.