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Where did Cricket originate in India?

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  1. Madras

  2. Calcutta

  3. Bombay

  4. Delhi

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Correct Option: C

Name the hockey player from India who won many Olympic gold medals.

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  1. Balbir Singh

  2. Dhyan Chand

  3. Dhanraj Pillai

  4. Gagan Ajit Singh

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The brilliance and skill of players like the great Dhyan Chand brought India a string of Olympic gold medals. Between 1928 and 1956, India won gold medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. During this golden age of Indian dominance, India played 24 Olympic matches, and won them all, scored 178 goals (at an average of 7.43 goals per match) and conceded only seven goals. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

Cricket in 19th century India was linked to __________.

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  1. Politics of colonialism

  2. Politics of nationalism

  3. Civilising mission of the British

  4. Colonialism and nationalism

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cricket has its origins in England which have colonized India for almost 200 years. During these years British influenced Indians in many ways and one of them is cricket. Cricket was brought to India by the British rulers. In the beginning, the game was played amongst the British nationals. Later it struck deep roots in the Indian soil as a result of the patronage extended to it by the ruling class and the princely households. Cricket also gave rise to nationalistic feelings as Indians were not allowed to play autonomously and were a part of the team of the Great Britain.

The first among the Indian communities to set up a cricket club was ______.

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  1. Hindus

  2. Muslims

  3. Christians

  4. Parsis

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Correct Option: D

Statement I: Cricket emerged as a colonial game.
Statement II: Cricket was started in England.

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  1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false

  2. Statement II is true, Statement I is false

  3. Both Statements are true, Statement II provides explanation to Statement I

  4. Both Statements are true, Statement II does not provide explanation to Statement I

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Correct Option: C

Read the following statements and choose the right option.
Statement I: The rich who afford to play cricket for pleasure were called amateurs because they played for leisure and aristocratic value.
Statement II: The poor played cricket in England to impress the aristocratic people and they were known as gentlemen.

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  1. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  2. Both the statements are false

  3. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  4. Both the statements are true

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The rich were amateurs for two reasons. One, they considered sport a kind of leisure. To play for the pleasure of playing and not for money was an aristocratic value. Two, there was not enough money in the game for the rich to be interested. The poor who played it for a living were called professionals. 

Amateurs were called Gentlemen while professionals had to be content with being described as Players. 

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in_________.

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  1. 1677

  2. 1687

  3. 1787

  4. 1777

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Correct Option: C
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The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. In 1788, the MCC published its first revision of the laws and became the guardian of cricket’s regulations.

The pitch of the cricket is________.

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  1. 22 yards

  2. 23 yards

  3. 24 yards

  4. 25 yards

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The length of the pitch is specified – 22 yards – but the size or shape of the ground is not.

Though cricket's protective equipment has been influenced by technology but its playing equipment still is made of __________.

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  1. pre-industrial material

  2. natural product

  3. hand-made goods

  4. all of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cricket’s most important tools are all made of natural, pre-industrial materials. The bat is made of wood as are the stumps and the bails. The ball is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today both bat and ball are handmade.

Which club became the first to revise the laws and the guardian of cricket's regulation in 1788?

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  1. YMCA

  2. BCCI

  3. ICC

  4. MCC

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. In 1788, the MCC published its first revision of the laws and became the guardian of cricket’s regulations. The MCC’s revision of the laws brought in a series of changes in the game that occurred in the second half of the eighteenth century.