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| Highest Gallantry Award | Param Vir Chakra |
| Highest Civilian Award | Bharat Ratna |
| Longest Tributary river in India | Yamuna |
| Longest River in India | The Ganges |
| Largest State (Area wise) | Rajasthan |
| Largest Populated City | Mumbai |
| Largest Lake | Wular Lake, Kashmir |
| Largest Man-Made Lake | Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam) |
| Largest Salt water Lake | Chilka Lake, Odisha |
| Highest Lake | Devtal Lake,Gadhwal (Uttarakhand) |
| Highest Peak | Karkoram-2 / K-2 (8611 mtr.) |
| Longest Cantilever Span bridge | Howrah Bridge |
| Highest Waterfall | Gersoppar Waterfall (292 mtr, Mysuru or Mysore) |
| Highest Rainfall | Mausinram near Cherrapunji (1082 cms/annum) |
| Largest Delta | Sunderbans Delta |
| Largest River without Delta | Narmada |
| Longest River Bridge | Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna |
| State-wise largest area under forest | Madhya Pradesh |
| Highest Road in India | Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sector) |
| Longest Road | Grand Trunk Road |
| Biggest Mosque in India | Jama Masjid, Delhi |
| Largest Dome | Gol Gumbaz at Bijapur |
| Longest Canal | Indira Gandhi Canal or Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan) |
| Largest Museum | Indian Museum, Kolkata |
| Largest Zoo | Zoological Garden, Kolkata |
| Highest Dam | Bhakra Dam (225.5m high) |
| Longest Dam | Hirakud Dam (Odisha) |
| Largest Desert | Thar (Rajasthan) |
| Highest Tower | Kutab Minar, Delhi, 88.4m |
| India’s & World’s tallest statue | Statue of Unity, 182 m., Sadhu Bet Island, Gujarat |
| Highest Gateway | Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri (53.6 mtr high) |
| Largest Public Sector Bank | State Bank of India |
| Largest District ((terms of total area)) | Kachchh (Gujarat) |
| Fastest Train | Gatimaan Express (New Delhi-Agra),160km/hr, (Telgo proposed: 180km/hr) |
| 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 | Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari: Vivek Exp. 4286 km; 82:30 hrs |
| Longest Platform | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), length 1.34 km. It is the world’s longest railway station |
| Longest Tunnel | Pir Panjal Tunnel (J & K) |
| Longest Highway | NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari |
| Smallest State (Population) | Sikkim |
| Smallest State (Area) | Goa |
| Largest State (Population) | Uttar Pradesh |
| Most Dense Populated State | Bihar (1102 persons/KM2) |
| Largest Cave Temple | Kailash Temple, Ellora (Maharastra) |
| Largest Cave | Amarnath (J&K) |
| Largest Animal Fair | Sonepur (Bihar) |
| Largest Auditorium | Sri Shanmukhanand Hall (Mumbai) |
| Largest Port | Mumbai |
| Biggest Hotel | Oberai-Sheraton, Mumbai |
| Largest Gurudwara | Golden Temple, Amritsar |
| Deepest River Valley | Bhagirathi & Alaknanda river valley |
| Oldest Church | St.Thomas Church at Palayar, Trichur |
| Largest Church | Saint Cathedral (Goa) |
| Largest Planetarium | Birla Planetarium (Kolkata) |
| Highest Battle Field | Siachin Glacier |
| Highest Airport | Leh (Laddakh) |
| Biggest Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium/Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad, 1,10,000 Seating Capacity |
| Largest River Island | Majuli (Brahmaputra River, Assam) |
| Longest Beach | Marina Beach, Chennai |
