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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Indian mountaineer has become the world’s first female Amputee to scale Antarctica’s Highest Peak?
A
Malavath Purna
B
Gurmayum Anita Devi
C
Arunima Sinha
D
Santosh Yadav
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Arunima Sinha is an Indian mountaineer and sportswoman. She is the world’s first female amputee to scale Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mount Elbrus (Russia), Mount Kosciusko (Australia), Mount Aconcagua (South America), Mount Denali (North America) and Mount Vinson.

Detailed explanation-2: -Arunima Sinha, the Indian mountaineer who became the world’s first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest in 2013, has now become the first woman amputee to climb Mount Vinson (highest peak of Antarctica). Congratulating Arunima, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday tweeted: “Excellent!

Detailed explanation-3: -Bachendri Pal (born 24 May 1954) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first Indian woman to climb the summit of world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest, what she did in 1984. She was awarded the third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan by Government of India in 2019.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bachendri Pal, (born May 24, 1954, Nakuri, India), Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Pal was born into a rural working-class family in what is now Uttarakhand and was one of seven children.

Detailed explanation-5: -This is the story of Dr Arunima Sinha – the world’s first woman amputee to scale Mt Everest – the world’s tallest mountain above sea-level, the highest point on Earth. And Arunima didn’t just stop at that. Here’s her incredible journey.

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