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2021

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the rank of India at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo?
A
24
B
45
C
56
D
17
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s best finish yet has been in the 2020 Games, at 24th place with a medal haul of 19 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze).

Detailed explanation-2: -India won 19 medals at the Tokyo Paralympics – five gold, eight silver, six bronze. Shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympics medals. With 19 medals - five gold, eight silver, six bronze - Tokyo 2020 was India’s best-ever Paralympics.

Detailed explanation-3: -China topped the medal table for the fifth consecutive Paralympics, with 96 golds and 207 total medals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Having competed in 11 editions of the Paralympic Games since its introduction in 1960, India have won 31 medals, including nine gold, 12 silver and 10 bronze. More than half of these came at Tokyo 2020. A veteran of the 1965 Indo-Pak War, Murlikant Petkar is the first Paralympic medallist of India.

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