Multiple choice

Who is the first Indian to win an individual Olympic medal?

  1. Vijender Singh

  2. Karnail Singh

  3. K.D. Jadhav

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav (K.D. Jadhav) won India's first individual Olympic medal - a bronze in wrestling at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Vijender Singh won a bronze much later in 2008 Beijing Olympics in boxing. Karnail Singh was a famous athlete but not an Olympic medalist.

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