Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
There were revision of laws by MCC between 1770s and 1780s. They were:
(a) The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified
(b) The first leg-before law was published in 1774
(c) The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 2.
There was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana (a Whites only club) and the ParsiClub, because :
(a) The Parsis complained that the public park was left unfit for cricket because the polopolies of the Gymkhana Club dug up the surface
(b) The colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their own White compatriots
(c) The White cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 3.
When was the Marylebone Cricket Club founded?
(a) 1760
(b) 1787
(c) 1788
(d) 1895
Answer
Answer: (b) 1787
Question 4.
The reason that cricket has originated from the villages is/are
(a) Cricket matches had no time limit
(b) Vagueness of the size of the cricket ground
(c) Cricket’s most important tools are all made of pre-industrial materials
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 5.
The poor who played cricket for a living were called
(a) needy
(b) entertainers
(c) professionals
(d) commons
Answer
Answer: (c) professionals
Question 6.
In which of these countries was cricket established as a popular sport?
(a) South Africa, Zimbabwe
(b) Australia, New Zealand
(c) West Indies, Kenya
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Australia, New Zealand
Question 7.
What was the term ‘tournament’ called initially?
(a) Triangular
(b) Quadrangular
(c) Angular
(d) Pentangular
Answer
Answer: (b) Quadrangular
Question 8.
How did the cricket boards become rich?
(a) By organising large number of matches
(b) Through patronage from rich industrialists
(c) By selling television rights to television companies
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) By selling television rights to television companies
Question 9.
When was the first World Cup successfully staged?
(a) 1972
(b) 1973
(c) 1974
(d) 1975
Answer
Answer: (d) 1975
Question 10.
The first hockey club in India was started in
(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Bangalore
(d) Calcutta
Answer
Answer: (d) Calcutta