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What significant event occurred in Sikkim on May 16, 1975?

  • The Namgyal monarchy was overthrown by a military coup.
  • Sikkim declared independence from India.
  • A referendum was held and the population voted to join India as its twenty-second state. (correct)
  • The United Nations recognized Sikkim as an independent state.
  • Who became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 16, 1975?

  • Reinhold Messner from Italy
  • Tenzing Norgay from Nepal
  • Edmund Hillary from New Zealand
  • Junko Tabei from Japan (correct)
  • Which famous English biochemist passed away on May 16th and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1929?

  • Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (correct)
  • James Watson
  • Francis Crick
  • Sir Alexander Fleming
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