Question

Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest?
a)Arunima Sinha
b)Sunita Arora
c)Bacchendri Pal
d)Malavath Purna

Answer 1

Hint: With a height of 8849m above sea level, the Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on earth. In the year 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzin Norgay became the first people to have successfully climbed the mountain.

Complete answer: Avtar Singh Cheema is the first Indian man to have climbed the mountain.

Option (C)Bacchendri Pal is the first Indian woman who climbed Mount Everest. She successfully climbed the summit in the year 1984 and is the recipient of India’s third highest civilian award Padma Bhushan. She has led an all women team to Everest. She has also led all women rafting expeditions at Ganges. She has successfully led an all women team for transit of the Himalayas which started in Arunachal Pradesh and ended in Siachen.

Option (A ) Arunima Sinha is the world's first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is a national level volleyball player and has successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Elbrus, Mount Kosciusko, Mount Aconcagua, Carstensz Pyramid and Mount Vinson. Therefore this option is incorrect.
Option (B)Sunita Arora is not associated with mountain climbing.
Option (D) Malavath Purna is the youngest Indian and youngest girl in the world to have climbed Mount Everest. She achieved this feat at the tender age of 13 years only. This option is incorrect too.

Therefore option ( c) is correct.

Note: Bacchendri Pal is the first Indian lady to climb Everest but the first lady in the world to climb Everest was Junko Tabei. She climbed Mt. Everest in the year 1975. She is also the first lady to have climbed the highest peak in all continents.