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Current Affairs UPPSC 2019 GS-I
Question

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

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: Shot put

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Shot put”.
Para athlete Deepa Malik, who has been awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2019, belongs to the sport of (c) Shot put.

Deepa Malik is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Paralympic Games, where she won a silver medal in shot put at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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