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GK QUESTION#1816

Consider the following statements about Indian Athletics:

  1. PT Usha narrowly missed a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1980 Moscow Olympics by just one-hundredth of a second at the age of 20.
  2. The National Institute of Sports is situated in New Delhi.
  3. Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Which of the above statements are correct?

  1. AOnly 1 and 2
  2. BOnly 1 and 3
  3. COnly 2 and 3
  4. DOnly 3Correct answer
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D. Only 3

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Only 3 is Correct. Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Commonwealth Games (1958). P. T. Usha missed an Olympic bronze in 1984 Los Angeles, not 1980, and the National Institute of Sports (NIS) is located in Patiala, Punjab, not New Delhi.

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