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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dipa Karmakar won the 2017 Padma Shri Award for which field
A
Sports-Wrestling
B
Sports-Cricket
C
Sports-Gymnastics
D
Literature & Education
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Padma Shri (2017)-fourth highest Indian national honour. 2017: Among Forbes’ list of super achievers from Asia under the age of 30. Dronacharya Award-to her coach Bishweshwar Nandi.

Detailed explanation-2: -In her bare feet, Dipa Karmakar may only stand 4 feet 11-inches tall-but the girl from Tripura is a figure of huge stature for Indian gymnastics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dipa has won more than 70 medals in International, National, and State events. Some of the medals won by her are as follows: Bronze-Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, 2014 (vault) Bronze-Asian Championships, Hiroshima, 2015 (vault)

Detailed explanation-4: -It was difficult but I was determined to win a medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and prove the doubters wrong, ” Karmakar revealed. Dipa Karmakar went on to win the bronze at Glasgow even with a swollen foot. Dipa Karmakar became the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gymnastics medal in 2014.

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