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SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 29

SSC MTS - 25 July 2022 - Shift 2 • General Awareness • Q29

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Deepika Kumari is associated with which sport?

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Correct answer: D

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The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Archery.

Deepika Kumari is an Indian professional archer who was born in Ranchi, Bihar (Jharkhand) on June 13, 1994.She is widely regarded as the world's No. 1 archer in the women's category. won medals at the World Championships, World Cups, Asian Championships, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games.

She won a number of gold medals, but the best achievements and awards of her life were

  1. She became the second Indian to win the title after Palton Hansda won the junior compound competition at the 2006 Archery World Cup in Mérida, Mexico.

  2. She won the 11th Youth World Archery Championship held in Ogden, Utah.

  3. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the women's individual recurve event. 

  4. 2012 Arjuna Award
    2014 FICCI Sportsperson of the Year Award
    2016 Padma Shri
    2017 Young Achievers Award