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General Awareness is considered to be the high scoring section in any competitive exam. It includes two main portions, current affairs GK and static GK. In this article, we will discuss some really important Static GK topics that are covered in almost all competitive exams. Also, you can download the PDF of lists of different Static GK topics
Static Gk connotes general knowledge about the static facts, the facts that are never going to change in the future. Facts in Static GK covers people, places, things, important days, currencies, dances etc. Like history, static GK also never changes with time.
Static General Knowledge : Superlatives of World
World Superlatives – Longest
| Superlatives | Type | Place/Animal/Others |
|---|---|---|
| Longest | Mountain Range | Andes (South America) |
| Longest | Animal | Blue Whale |
| Longest | Bullet train | China |
| Longest | Elevated cycle path | China |
| Longest | Non stop train | Flying Scoutsman |
| Longest | Wall | Great wall of China |
| Longest | Platform (Railway) | Gorakhpur (U.P.) India (1355.4 m) |
| Longest | Day | June 21 (in Northern Hemisphere) |
| Longest | Jump animal | Kangaroo |
| Longest | Poisonous snake | King Cobra |
| Longest | Tunnel (Road) | Laerdal, Norway |
| Longest | Canal Tunnel | Le Rove Tunnel, France |
| Longest | River | Nile |
| Longest | Flight | Qatar Airways |
| Longest | Rail Tunnel | Seikan Tunnel, France |
| Longest | Strait | Tatar Strait |
| Longest | Life span (animal) | Tortoise |
| Longest | Epic | The Mahabharata |
| Longest | Railway | Trans-Siberian Railway |
World Superlatives – Largest
| uperlatives | Type | Place/Animal/Others |
|---|---|---|
| Largest | Land animal | African Elephant |
| Largest | Continent | Asia |
| Largest | Peninsula | Arabia |
| Largest | River Basin | Amazon Basin |
| Largest | River by Volume | Amazon Basin |
| Largest | Sea bird | Albatross |
| Largest | Church | Basilica of St. Peter, Rome (Vatican City) |
| Largest | Country in population | China |
| Largest | Solar farm | China |
| Largest | Lake (Salt water) | Caspian Sea |
| Largest | Gulf | Gulf of Mexico |
| Largest | Dam | Grand Coulee – Concrete Dam (U.S.A) |
| Largest | Island | Green Land |
| Largest | Platform (Railway) | Grand Central Terminal, New York |
| Largest | Asian Desert | Gobi, Mongolia |
| Largest | Artificial Sun | Germany |
| Largest | Bay | Hudson Bay, Canada |
| Largest | Archipelago | Indonesia |
| Largest | Democracy | India |
| Largest | Palace | Imperical Palace (Beijing) China |
| Largest | Mosque | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
| Largest | Planet | Jupiter |
| Largest | Diamond Mine | Kimberley, South Africa |
| Largest | Lake (Artificial) | Lake Mead (Boulder) |
| Largest | Lake (Fresh water) | Lake Superior, U.S.A |
| Largest | Canal Tunnel | Le Rove Tunnel, France |
| Largest | Mosque | Masjid-al-haram, Saudi Arabia |
| Largest | Solar Plant | Morocco |
| Largest | Volcano | Mauna Loa, Hawaii |
| Largest | Park | National Park, Greenland |
| Largest | Bird | Ostrich |
| Largest | Country in area | Russia |
| Largest | Big-ship Canal | Suez canal (Red Sea and Mediterranean) |
| Largest | Delta | Sundarbans, India (8000 sq. miles) |
| Largest | Desert (world) | Sahara, Africa (84,00,000 sq. km) |
| Largest | Stadium | Strahov Stadium, Prague Czech |
| Largest | City in Population | Tokyo |
| Largest | Coral Formation | The Great Barrier Reef (Australia) |
| Largest | Diamond | The Cullman |
| Largest | Mammal | Whale |
World Superlatives – Smallest
| Superlatives | Type | Place/Animal/Others |
|---|---|---|
| Smallest | Contient | Australia |
| Smallest | Bird | Hummingbird |
| Smallest | Planet | Mercury |
World Superlatives – Tallest
| Superlatives | Type | Place/Animal/Others |
|---|---|---|
| Tallest | Building | Burj Khalifa, Dubai in U.A.E |
| Tallest | Animal on Land | Giraffe |
| Tallest | Minaret | Great Hassan Mosque, Casablanca, Morocco |
| Tallest | Minaret Great Hassan Mosque | Morocco |
| Tallest | Minaret (Free standing) | Qutub Minar, Delhi |
| Tallest | Statue | Statue of Liberty, New York, USA |
| Tallest | Tower | Tokyo Sky Tree, Japan |
World Superlatives – Biggest
| Superlatives | Type | Place/Animal/Others |
|---|---|---|
| Biggest | Museum | British Museum (London) |
| Biggest | Bell | Great Bell, Moscow |
| Biggest | Library | Library of the congress Washington |
| Biggest | City in area | Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia |
| Biggest | Cinema House | Roxy (New York) |
| Biggest | Flower | Rafflesia (Java) |
| Biggest | Ocean | The Pacific |
