Q.1. The first Indian Cricket Club was founded in ________.
(a) 1850
(b) 1848
(c) 1844
(d) 1842
Q.2. What is the specified length of the pitch in cricket, as we know from the prose The Story of Cricket?
(a) 20 yards
(b) 25 yards
(c) 22 yards
(d) 23 yards
Q.3. What was the shape of the bat till the middle of 18th century?
Q.4. Explain elaborately India’s dominance in world cricket today.
Q.5. Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Cricket does not. Ground can be oval like the Adelaide Oval or nearby circular like Chepauk in Chennai. A six at the Melbourne Cricket ground need to clear much more ground than it does at Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi.
(i) What does the sentence Cricket does not refers to?
(ii) Explain the phrase ‘nearby circular’.
(iii) What are two shapes that a cricket ground can be of?
(iv) What is Chepauk?
Q.6. Cricket fundamentally remained true to its origins in rural England because the tools used in the game are:
(a) made up of natural materials
(b) handmade
(c) made up of pre-industrial materials
(d) all of these
Q.7. Where did the game of cricket originate, as mentioned in the prose The Story of Cricket?
(a) New Zealand
(b) Australia
(c) India
(d) England
Q.8. How many years ago did cricket originate in England, according to the text The Story of Cricket?
(a) 100 years
(b) 300 years
(c) 400 years
(d) 500 years
Q.9. Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
Q.10. What are the changes the cricket bat has undergone with time?
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