General Knowledge Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 7)

Built at a lower, shaded elevation using stone check-dams, Norphel’s artificial glaciers melt earlier than natural glaciers — right when farmers need water for spring sowing, not weeks later.

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the crew with the Nari Shakti Puraskar on International Women’s Day, while they were still at sea. They separately received the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for 2017.

Captain Dilip Donde, the first Indian to circumnavigate the globe solo (2009-10), trained the crew for nearly three years. Captain M.S. Kohli was a different Indian Navy officer, known for leading India’s 1965 Everest expedition, not this voyage.

Tarini rounded Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn, and the Cape of Good Hope, covering about 21,600 nautical miles in total.

The 2011 summits came on 12 and 21 May, nine days apart. The 2017 summits came on 16 and 21 May, five days apart. The shorter interval identifies her record-setting 2017 pair. The question does not establish a contrast in oxygen use, routes or solo climbing.

Review Anshu Jamsenpa: Everest records.

Anshu first reached Everest’s summit twice in one season in 2011. She climbed once in 2013. Her later double ascent in 2017 set the five-day record. The first double ascent and the faster later pair are separate achievements.

Review Anshu Jamsenpa: Everest records.

The two summits came on 16 and 21 May 2017. The dates 12 and 21 May belong to her earlier double ascent in 2011. That earlier pair was nine days apart. Keep each pair beside its correct year.

Review Anshu Jamsenpa: Everest records.

In 2017, she became the first woman in the world to summit Everest twice within five days.

She used the harder Carstensz Pyramid variant, unlike fellow climbers Premlata Agarwal and Arunima Sinha, who used the Kosciuszko-based list.

She finished her Seven Summits challenge on 5 June 2022, by climbing Denali. Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, and Vinson were earlier peaks in the same challenge, not her last one.

Nepal’s law barred climbers under 16, so she summited via the Tibetan (north) side instead, generally the more technically difficult route.

She summited Mount Everest on 25 May 2014, at age 13, becoming the youngest girl in the world to do so.

On 9 July 2026, the Sports Ministry directed all recognised NSFs to publish their LA 2028 Olympic qualification and athlete-selection pathways, sharing them with SAI.

The regular-school NSTC scheme targets children aged 8–14 years. It combines school education with scientific sports training. The older age ranges do not describe this school scheme. KIRTI’s 9–18 range belongs to a different talent-identification programme.

The agreement was signed with Safdarjung Hospital’s Sports Injury Centre on 10 July 2026. It connects SAI’s athlete network with specialised clinical expertise. Its scope includes rehabilitation, research and sports medicine training. The other institutions were not the named partner in this agreement.

An age record compares climbers’ ages at their ascents. A later older climber can surpass the past benchmark. A historical first identifies the earliest qualifying feat. Later climbers can match the feat without becoming its first Indian woman finisher. The distinction does not depend on prize money or country counts.

Sangeeta Sindhi Bahl surpassed Premlata’s Everest age record in 2018. Bahl was 53 when she climbed the mountain. Premlata had been 48 at her 2011 ascent. The other named climbers did not make this 2018 record-breaking ascent.

The Tata Steel Adventure Foundation is the shared mentoring institution. Bachendri Pal mentored Premlata and Arunima through TSAF. Arunima also finished a basic course at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. That separate course does not change the institution asked about here.

By 2013, she became the first Indian woman to complete the Seven Summits, the highest peak on every continent.

Arunima’s record specifies the first female amputee on Everest. Mark Inglis, a male double amputee from New Zealand, climbed Everest in 2006. Bachendri Pal was the first Indian woman to summit in 1984. The broader claims remove words that define Arunima’s distinct record.

Review Arunima Sinha: training and Everest records.

By 2019, she completed the Seven Summits, becoming the first female amputee to climb the highest peak on every continent.

Bachendri Pal guided Arunima at the Tata Steel Adventure Foundation. Arunima also took a basic course at the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering. The basic course and Pal’s later guidance were different parts of her preparation. The other names do not identify her TSAF mentor.

Review Arunima Sinha: training and Everest records.

She became the first female amputee in the world to summit Mount Everest, on 21 May 2013.

No confirmed link exists between the lost device and the 2021 landslide, despite public speculation connecting the two.

A storm forced the team to abandon the device before installation was complete. It has never been recovered.