2018
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Navjeet Kaur Dhillon
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Neeraj Chopra
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Hima Das
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Sonia Baishya
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Detailed explanation-1: -India’s first woman to win an Olympic medal – Karnam Malleswari – Weightlifiting. At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, weightlifter Karnam Malleswari marked her place in Olympic and Indian sports history.
Detailed explanation-2: -India won its first ever medal in the World Championships in Athletics (now known as World Athletics Championships) when Anju Bobby George made her historical leap, clearing 6.7 m and securing the bronze medal in long jump, in France in 2003.
Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Hima Das. She won India their first-ever gold medal in track events at the IAAF World Under-20 Athletics Championships when she recorded 51.46 seconds in the 400m race.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 400m individual event, she created a new national record of 51 seconds in the heats to sail into the finals, where she would again shift to a higher gear. Hima Das broke her own 400m national record within a day as she ran the final in 50.79 seconds, and won the silver.