Test: History & Sport The Story Of Cricket - 2 - UPSC MCQ

A cricket match can go on for five days and still end in a draw; football and baseball do not last so long

The grounds in cricket can be of any shape — oval, circular, and of any size

Both (a) and (b)

The length of the pitch is specified 22 yards

The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified

The first leg-before law was published in 1774

The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created

All the above

The Victroy was considered a national achievement, a way of demonstrating that West Indians were equals of white Englishmen

The captain of the winning West Indies team was a white Englishman

West Indies cricket team represented not one nation but several dominions which became independent countries later

both (b) and (c)

The Parsis complained that the public park was left unfit for cricket because the polo polies of the Gymkhana Club dug up the surface

The colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their own White compatriots

The White cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis

All the above

the Parsis built their own Gymkhana to play cricket

a Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana in cricket in 1889

both (a) and (b)

none of the above

1703

1744

1750

1760

1744

1774

1760

1780

1760

1787

1788

1895

First leg-before law was published

A third stump became common

Creation of first six-seam cricket ball

All the above

Cricket matches had no time limit

Vagueness of the size of the cricket ground

Cricket’s most important tools are all made of pre-industrial materials

All the above

Kim Hughes

Don Bradman

Dennis Lillee

Jeff Thompson

The invention of vulcanised rubber led to the introduction of pads in 1848

Protective gloves

Helmets made out of metal and synthetic lightweight materials

All the above

Amateurs

Professionals

Commons

Both (a) and (b)

needy

entertainers

professionals

commons

Thomas Arnold

Kim Hughes

Thomas Hughes

John Middleton

David Gomer

Len Hutton

Garry Sobers

Derek Underwood

Cricket remained a colonial game

It spreads only in Europe

It came to be played all over the world

It was limited to England only

South Africa, Zimbabwe

Australia, New Zealand

West Indies, Kenya

All the above

End of 18th century, India

End of 19th century, West Indies

Mid-19th century, South Africa

Beginning of 19th century, Zimbabwe

Triangular

Quadrangular

Angular

Pentangular

Hambledon      

London           

Oval                  

Perth

1758                 

1760             

1762                 

1764

1770                 

1772           

1744                 

1776

Killing Machine   

Solution Areas  

Revolutionary Ground                     

Disinfection Areas

People of mixed European and African races.           

People of European races.           

People of African races           

None of these

Oriental club    

Marylebone club           

Unique club      

All of these

1770                 

1774           

1776                 

1780

1875                 

1876             

1877                 

1880

Dennis Lillee    

Thomas Arnold           

Kerry Packer    

Frank Warrell

Lala Amarnath

C.K. Naidu           

Ashok Mankad

Sunil Gavasker