{"id":49098,"date":"2024-04-15T22:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=49098"},"modified":"2024-04-15T22:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:50:52","slug":"the-three-medals-that-indians-won-in-the-beijing-olympics-2016-were-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-three-medals-that-indians-won-in-the-beijing-olympics-2016-were-in\/","title":{"rendered":"The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics (2016) were in &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling&#8221; option2=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Archery&#8221; option3=&#8221;Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis&#8221; option4=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Hockey&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>A. Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India won a total of 6 medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics, including 2 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze medals. The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics were in shooting, boxing, and wrestling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shooting:<\/strong> India won two gold medals in shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The first gold medal was won by Abhinav Bindra in the men&#8217;s 10-meter air rifle event. The second gold medal was won by Gagan Narang in the men&#8217;s 50-meter rifle prone event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boxing:<\/strong> India won one silver medal and one bronze medal in boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The silver medal was won by Vikas Krishan Yadav in the men&#8217;s 75-kilogram event. The bronze medal was won by Mary Kom in the women&#8217;s 51-kilogram event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrestling:<\/strong> India won one silver medal and one bronze medal in wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The silver medal was won by Yogeshwar Dutt in the men&#8217;s 65-kilogram freestyle event. The bronze medal was won by Sakshi Malik in the women&#8217;s 58-kilogram freestyle event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The other options are incorrect because they do not include all three of the sports in which India won medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling&#8221; option2=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Archery&#8221; option3=&#8221;Shooting, Wrestling and Tennis&#8221; option4=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Hockey&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics (2016) were in -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-three-medals-that-indians-won-in-the-beijing-olympics-2016-were-in\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The three medals that Indians won in the Beijing Olympics (2016) were in -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Shooting, Boxing and Wrestling&#8221; 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