History and Sport: The Story of Cricket MCQ
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
(а) English values of fair play and discipline
(б) 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
(а) weight of ball got limited to 5-1/2 to 5-1/4 ounces
(б) 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
Answers:
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1. (d) |
2. (a) |
3. (a) |
4. id) |
5. (c) |
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6. (a) |
7. (d) |
8. (a) |
9. (d) |
10. (c) |
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11. (d) |
12. (a) |
13. (c) |
14. (c) |
15. (b) |
