70ᵗʰ B.P.S.C. Pre-2024

Who among the following achieved the distinction of being the first Indian mountaineer to scale Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse twice in one season ?

aSatyadeep Gupta✓ Correct
bSunil Rohilla
cPremlata Agarwal
dKaamya Karthikeyan

Explanation

## Page 14 In May 2024, Satyadeep Gupta became the first mountaineer to successfully climb Mount Everest and Mount Lhotse twice in a single season. Further, during his second ascent, he also became the first Indian to complete the Everest-to-Lhotse traverse in 11 hours and 15 minutes. He is a native of Puranpur in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh.

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