State PCS PYQPrelims 2019

UPPCS · Question 118

Para athlete Deepa Malik, who has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019, belongs to which sport?

  1. Badminton
  2. Discus throw
  3. Shot put
  4. Weight lifting
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Answer: (C) Shot put

Explanation

Deepa Malik won silver in shot put (F53) at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal, and received the Khel Ratna in 2019.