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Correct Answer: Option D — Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay is the correct answer because reached the summit together on 29 May 1953. Why the other options are incorrect: - Option A — Charlotte Cooper: Charlotte Cooper is instead associated with the fact that won the women's tennis singles event at the 1900 Paris Games. - Option B — Yuri Gagarin: Yuri Gagarin is instead associated with the fact that flew Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 and completed one orbit of Earth. - Option C — Rabindranath Tagore: Rabindranath Tagore is instead associated with the fact that received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for Gitanjali. Exam Takeaway: Link Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay with “the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest” and remember the associated event or year.
