CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

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At what age did Santosh scale Mt Everest for the first time?
A
eighteen
B
nineteen
C
twenty
D
twenty one
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Career. In 1992, Yadav scaled Mount Everest, when she was barely 25, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve this feat, a record which was broken by 13-year-old Malavath Purna, in 2013.

Detailed explanation-2: -At barely twenty years of age, Santosh Yadav scaled Mt. Everest, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aged 20 in 1992, Yadav scaled Everest, becoming the youngest woman in the world to achieve this feat. Within twelve months, she became a member of an Indo-Nepalese Women’s expedition, and scaled Everest the second time, thus setting the record as the only woman to have scaled the Everest twice.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Santosh Yadav first scaled Mt Everest, she became the youngest woman in the world to achieve the feat. When she scaled the Everest the second time, she became the only woman to have scaled it twice.

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