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GK QUESTION#1832

Consider the following statements regarding India’s Olympic achievements:

  1. India’s first individual Olympic gold medal was won in Shooting by Abhinav Bindra at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
  2. K. D. Jadhav won India’s first individual Olympic medal, a bronze in wrestling, at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. AOnly 1
  2. BOnly 2
  3. CBoth 1 and 2Correct answer
  4. DNeither 1 nor 2
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C. Both 1 and 2

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Both 1 and 2. Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual Olympic gold, while earlier golds were only in hockey. Norman Pritchard won two silvers in 1900 under colonial India. K.D. Jadhav became the first independent Indian to win an individual Olympic medal in 1952.

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