Before announcing retirement from professional competition in October 2024,…
2025
Before announcing retirement from professional competition in October 2024, Dipa Karmakar was associated with which of the following sports?
- A.
Weightlifting
- B.
Gymnastics
- C.
Fencing
- D.
Tennis
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Correct answer: B
General-knowledge ‘personality-to-field’ questions test whether you can match a well-known figure to the specific discipline they represent, based on documented career facts (titles, competitions, medals) rather than general fame.
Dipa Karmakar is an Indian artistic gymnast known for successfully executing the high-difficulty Produnova vault. She became the first Indian female gymnast to reach an Olympic final, finishing fourth in the vault event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and had earlier won a bronze medal in vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In October 2024, she announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics.
Weightlifting is the discipline of athletes such as Mirabai Chanu and Karnam Malleswari, not Dipa Karmakar.
Fencing is represented at the international level by athletes such as Bhavani Devi; Dipa Karmakar has no fencing career.
Tennis is the discipline of players such as Sania Mirza and Leander Paes; Dipa Karmakar's competitive career was entirely in gymnastics.
Hence, before her October 2024 retirement announcement, Dipa Karmakar was associated with gymnastics.