Geographical Records (One Liner MCQs for All Competitive Exams)

World Geography
Geographical Records
Largest continent
• Asia

Smallest continent
• Australia

Most populous continent

• Asia

Least populous continent

• Australia

Largest country in the land size

• Russia

Smallest country
• State of Vatican City

Largest Island
• Greenland

First Person to reach South Pole

• Amundsen

First Person to reach North Pole

• Robert Pearey

Person in Space
• Yuri Gagarin

Person on Moon
• Neil Armstrong

First Lady to climb Mount Everest

• Junko Taibei

First Man to walk in Space

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• Alexei Leonov

Woman cosmonaut in Space

• Valentina Tereshkova

Largest peninsula
• Arabia

Most populous country

• China

Least populous country

• State of Vatican City

Largest Islamic country

• Kazakhstan

Smallest Islamic country

• Maldives

Most populous Islamic country

• Indonesia

Most densely populated territory

• Macao

Oldest capital city

• Damascus

Highest capital city

• La Paz in Bolivia

Greatest land mountain range

• Himalaya

Largest ocean,
• The Pacific Ocean

Smallest ocean
• The Arctic Ocean

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Largest Sea
• The South China Sea

Largest gulf
• The Gulf o Mexico

Largest bay
• The Bay of Hudson

Highest mountain peak

• Mount Everest

Largest active volcano

• Mauna Loa, Hawaii, USA

River carries the maximum volume of water

• Amazon

Largest freshwater lake

• Lake Superior

Longest river
• The River Nile, Egypt

Country of shortest coastline

• Manaco

Country with the longest coastline

• Canada

The tallest tree in the world

• Redwood

Larges lake
• The Caspian

Driest place of the world

• Death Valley

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Hottest place of the world

• Aziziya (Libya)

Tallest building of the world

• Daubi Burj (UAE)

Longest land mountain range

• Andes of S. America

World’s highest waterfall is in

• Venezuela

The deepest lake in the world is

• Baikal

Coldest planet is
• Neptune

Hottest planet
• Venus

Planet nearest to Earth

• Venus

Fastest planet:
• Mercury

Brightest planet:
• Venus

Planet with most satellites is:

• Jupiter

World’s highest waterfall

• “Angel”:

Largest salt water lake

• The Caspian Sea

Saltiest water lake of the world

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• Assal Lake

Coldest place in the world

• Vostok in Antarctica

Longest glacier
• “Lambert Glacier”

Largest desert
• Antarctica (According to definition of desert)

Second Largest desert

• Sahara Desert

Biggest river
• Amazon River

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