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How many medals were won by India in 2016 Summer Olympics?<\/p>\n

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India won one Silver and one Bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.<\/section>\n
P. V. Sindhu won a Silver medal in Women’s Singles Badminton, and Sakshi Malik won a Bronze medal in Women’s 58 kg Freestyle Wrestling.<\/section>\n
India sent its largest-ever Olympic contingent to the Rio 2016 Games (117 athletes). Despite high hopes, the medal tally was limited to these two achievements.<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How many medals were won by India in 2016 Summer Olympics? [amp_mcq option1=”One Silver and one Bronze” option2=”Two Gold” option3=”Two Bronze” option4=”None” correct=”option1″] This question was previously asked in UPSC CDS-1 – 2017 Download PDFAttempt Online India won one Silver and one Bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. P. … <\/p>\n

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