WorksheetsThe story of cricket
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following pre-industrial cricket equipment are still being used in cricket?
1)Protective gloves 2)Bats, stumps and bails 3)Protective rubber pads
1 and 3
1 and 2
2 only
1,2 and 3
The ICC headquarters shifted from London to
India
Dubai
Singapore
Sydney
The first World Cup was successfully staged in
1975
1972
1973
1974
The hockey player from India who won many Olympic gold medals.
Dhanraj Pillai
Gagan Ajit Singh
Balbir Singh
Dhyan Chand
Cricket was played for the first time in
Australia
England
India
Rome
The year India entered the world of Test Cricket is
1932
1877
1927
1926
The world series cricket was started by:
Palwankar Baloo
Dennis Lillee
C.K. Nayudu
Kerry Packer
Who was the first test captain of Indian cricket team?
C K Nayudu
Kapil Dev
Sachin Tendulkar
None of these
Cricket was played for the first time in India by
The Hindus
The Muslims
The Parsis
None of these
Which cricket club was founded by the Parsis ?
National Cricket Club
Indian Cricket Championship
Marylebone Cricket Club
Oriental Cricket Club
MCC stands for:
Marylebone Cricket Corporation
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Council
Marylebone Cricket Conference
The length of the cricket pitch is
20 yards
22 yards
30 yards
25 yards
What was introduced in order to move the ball on dusty wicket under clear skies ?
Out Swing
Reverse Swing
In Swing
None of the above
Which of the following teams was not included in quadrangular tournament ?
The Indians
The Europeans
The Parsis
The Rest
Who was Kerry Packer?
Sri Lankan rebel
British tycoon
Australian television tycoon
None of these
Cricket was popularly established as a sport in
South Africa, Zimbabwe
Australia, New Zealand
West Indies, Kenya
All the above
The rich who played cricket for pleasure are called
Commons
Professionals
Amateurs
Both a and b
Who led the English cricket team in 1930 for the first time
Len Hutton
Garry Sobers
Derek Underwood
David Gomer
The ones who played cricket for a living were called
professionals
commons
needy
entertainers
The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in
1760
1787
1788
1895
The first written “Laws of Cricket” were drawn up in
1760
1703
1744
1750
When was the world’s first cricket club formed?
1794
1744
1750s
1760s
Initially the term ‘tournament’ called as
Quadrangular
Pentagular
Triangular
Angular
Who is the author of the novel ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’
Kim Hughes
Thomas Hughes
John Berg
Thomas Arnold
Which of the following changes was introduced as a result of the MCC’s revision of the laws of cricket?
The overarm bowling
The limited-overs match
The reverse swing
The doosra
