HISTORY of CRICKET Multiple Choice Questions and Answers pdf :-
1. Cricket matches are organised:
(a) News of cricket hits newspaper headlines
(b) Cricketers are seen as ambassadors
(c) Game represents the unity of India
(d) To establish friendship between nations
2. Game of cricket was invented in:
(a) England
(b) India
(c) Australia
(d) Pakistan
3. Cricket was said to represent
(?) English values of fair play and discipline
(?) English racial superiority
(c) English sense of enterprise
(d) English sportsmen spirit
4. Cricket in 19th century India was linked to
(a) politics of colonialism
(b) politics of nationalism
(c) Civilising mission of the British
(d) colonialism and nationalism
5. Cricket grew out of
(a) hockey
(b) volleyball
(c) stick and ball games
(d) baseball
6. Early cricket bats were shaped like
(a) hockey sticks
(b) flat sticks
(c) rackets
(d) curved outwards
7. First written laws of cricket were in
(a) 1474
(b) 1447
(c) 1774
(d) 1744
8. Where and when was the world’s first cricket club formed?
(a) Hambledon 1760s
(b) Marylebone 1760s
(c) London 1670s
(d) Melbourne 1760s
9. Change in game rules in the 1760s led to immediate change in
(?) weight of ball got limited to 5-1/2 to 5-1/4 ounces
(?) third stump became common
(c) opened possibilities for spin and swing
(d) curved bat was replaced by a straight one
10. Cricket is a
(a) post industrial sport
(b) 19th century sport
(c) pre industrial sport
(d) 20th century sport
11. Rural origins of cricket are not visible in
(a) bat and stumps
(b) ball and bats
(c) field size
(d) protective equipment
12. Post industrial influence in cricket
(a) pads
(b) bat
(c) ball
(d) stumps
13. Who were ‘Amateurs’?
(a) Those who did not know how to play the game well
(b) Those proficient at the game
(c) The rich who played for pleasure
(d) Those who played for the money
14. Professionals were described as
(a) Gentlemen
(b) batsmen
(c) Players
(d) spinners
15. Amateurs were generally
(a) Bowlers
(b) Aristocrats
(c) Fast bowlers
(d) Miners
16. The first professional to lead the English team
(a) Vijay Hazare
(b) Thomas Hughes
(c) Len Hutton
(d) Garry Sobers
17. The first among Indian communities to set up a cricket club
(a) Parsis
(b) Hindus
(c) Muslims
(d) Christians
18. Spread of the game cricket was confined to
(a) British colonies
(b) Australia and New Zealand
(c) Africa and West Indies
(d) Third World
19. Elites of colonies viewed playing cricket as symbolising
(a) progress
(b) equality
(c) superior, social and racial status
(d) English values
20. West Indies won its first Test series against England in
(a) 1930
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) 1960
21. Cricket in colonial India was organised on the principle of
(a) national loyalties
(b) religion
(c) region
(d) race and religion
22. The game of cricket was brought to India by
(a) East India Company
(b) Governor Generals
(c) The Portuguese
(d) British Imperial Officers
23. Mulattos were
(a) Afro Caribbeans
(b) Blacks
(c) Tribals
(d) Afro Europeans
24. Where did Cricket in India originate?
(a) Bombay
(c) Madras
(b) Calcutta
(d) Pondicherry
25. Dalit Captain of Hindu Gymkhana:
(a) Palwankar Baloo
(b) Vijay Hazare
(c) S.A. Brelvi
(d) Palwankar Vithal
26. In Ranji Trophy teams represent
(a) regions
(b) communities
(c) races
(d) religions
27. Who among the following was not critical of the Pentangular Tournament?
(a) M.K. Gandhi
(b) Dada Bhai Naoroji
(c) AFS Talyarkhan
(d) S.A. Brelvi
28. Which of the following constituted the 5th team in the Pentangular Tournament?
(a) The Europeans
(b) The Christians
(c) The Rest
(d) The Muslims
29. First Test Captain of India
(a) Palwankar Baloo
(b) Palwankar Vithal
(c) Vijay Hazare
(d) C.K. Nayudu
30. India entered World Test Cricket in
(a) 1932
(b) 1950
(c) 1877
(d) 1847
31. Test Cricket celebrated 100 years in the year
(a) 1877
(b) 1977
(c) 1875
(d) 1774
32. Who among the following introduced the world to One-Day Internationals?
(a) Kerry Packer
(b) Len Hutton
(c) Frank Worrell
(d) Thomas Hughes
33. Pakistan’s contribution to advancing the cricket is
(a) No ball
(b) Run-out
(c) Reverse swing
(d) Leg before wicket
Answers:
1. (d)
2. (a)
3. (a)
4. id)
5. (c)
6. (a)
7. (d)
8. (a)
9. (d)
10. (c)
11. (d)
12. (a)
13. (c)
14. (c)
15. (b)
16. (c)
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (c)
20. (c)
21. (d)
22. (d)
23. (d)
24. (a)
25. (d)
26. (a)
27. (b)
28. (c)
29. (d)
30. (a)
31. (b)
32. (a)
33. (c).