State PCS PYQPrelims 2024

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · Question 118

Who became the first Indian mountaineer to scale Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse twice in one season?

  1. Satyadeep Gupta
  2. Sunil Rohilla
  3. Premlata Agarwal
  4. Kaamya Karthikeyan
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Answer: (A) Satyadeep Gupta

Explanation

Satyadeep Gupta summited Everest and Lhotse twice each in the 2024 spring season.

  • (A) Correct

    Correct: he achieved the double Everest–Lhotse traverse twice in May 2024.

  • (B) Incorrect

    Wrong: not this record.

  • (C) Incorrect

    Wrong: known for the Seven Summits, not this record.

  • (D) Incorrect

    Wrong: youngest Indian girl to climb Everest from Nepal (2024).