Multiple choice general knowledge

This former athlete had won gold medals in the Asian Games and had also won the most prestigious award in Indian sports, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. After retiring from sports, she won elections to the parliament from West Bengal in 2004 and was expected to win in 2009 too from the Krishnanagar seat as her party the CPI (M) had a very strong hold there. However she lost rather tamely. Which athlete am I talking about?

  1. M D Valsamma

  2. P T Usha

  3. Jyotirmayee Sikdar

  4. Shiny Wilson
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Jyotirmayee Sikdar is correct. She won gold in Asian Games (1998), received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1998, was elected from Krishnanagar in 2004 on CPI(M) ticket, but lost in 2009. P.T. Usha never entered parliament, M.D. Valsamma and Shiny Wilson were athletes but not MPs.

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