| Highest Award | Bharat Ratna |
| Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
| Longest River in India | The Ganges |
| Longest Tributary river of India | Yamuna |
| Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
| Largest Lake (Saline Water) | Chilka Lake, Orrisa |
| Largest Man-Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
| Largest Fresh Water Lake | Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh) |
| Highest Lake | Devtal Lake, Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
| Highest Lake | Devatal (Gharhwal) |
| Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 of K-2(8,611 meters)
Highest Peak in the world is Mount Everest which is in Nepal |
| Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
| Largest State(Area) | Rajasthan |
| Largest State(Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Highest rainfall | Cherrapunhi (426 inches per annum) |
| Highest Watefall | Nohkalikai Falls (335 meters, 1100 ft high) in Shora |
| State wise largest area under forest | Madhya Pradesh |
| Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
| Largest River without Delta | Narmada and Tapti |
| Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge |
| Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
| Biggest Cave temple | Ellora |
| Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
| Highest Road | Road at Khardungla,(in Leh-Manali Sector) |
| Biggest Mosque | Jama Masjid at Delhi |
| Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 meters high) |
| Tallest Statue | Statue of Gomateshwar (17 meters high In Karnataka |
| Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
| Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
| Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
| Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden at Alipur (Kolkata) |
| Largest Museum | India Museum at Kolkata |
| Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam (Orrisa) |
| Highest Dam | Tehri Dam ( 260 meters , 850 ft ) |
| Highest Tower | Kutab Minar at Delhi (88.4 meters high) |
| Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
| Largest District | Kutch district |
| Fastest Train | Shatabadi Express running between New Delhi and Bhopal |
| State with longest coastline | Gujarat |
| State with longest coastline of South India | Andhra Pradesh |
| Longest Electric Railway Line | From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna |
| Longest Railway Route | From Assam to Kanyakumari |
| Longest Railway Platform | Kharagpur (W. Bengal) |
| Highest Railway Station | Ghum (W. Bengal) |
| Longest Platform | Kharagpur (West Bengal) 833 meters in Length. It is also the longest railway station in world |
| Longest Tunnel | Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Longest Highway | NH-44 (NH-7) which turns from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
| Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
| Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
| Largest State (Area) | Rajasthan |
| Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Densest Populated State | West Bengal |
| Largest Cave | Amarnath (J&K) |
| Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra) |
| Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
| Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) |
| Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton (Mumbai) |
| Largest Port | Mumbai |
| Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
| Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda |
| Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
| Oldest Church | St. Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur (Kerala) |
| Longest River | Ganga (2640 km long) |
| Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
| Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
| Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
| Biggest Stadium | Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake) Stadium, Kolkata |
| Largest River Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Asom) |
| Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
| Sambhar lake | Largest inland salt lake
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