Q1.What were the reasons behind the shape of the cricket bat, in the shape of hockey stick till the eighteenth century?
Ans..A.Till the middle of the eighteenth century, bats were roughly the same shape as hockey sticks, curving outward at the bottom.
Q2.‘Cricket’s connections with rural past can be seen in the length of a test match’.
Justify the statement.
Ans.A.Originally the cricket matches had no time limit. The game went on for as long as it
took to bowl out a side twice.
B.The rhythm of village life was slower and cricket rules were made before the
Industrial Revolution.
C.Modern factory work meant that people were paid by the hour or the day or the
week, games that were codified after Industrial Revolution like football and hockey
were strictly time limited to fit the routine of industrial city life.
Q3 What Does MCC stands for and in which year it was founded, what was the role played by MCC in development of Cricket
Ans.A.The MCC played a major role in the development of Cricket. The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787.
B.It become the guardian of cricket’sregulations and published the first revision of cricket laws in 1788.
C.The weight of the ball was limited to 5 3/4 ounces.
D.The width of the bat was limited to four inches
Q4.Write down the traditional features of game of cricket
Ans.A.The size of the ground is never fixed.
B.The cricket was played in the village and the ground size was different from village.
C.The bat and the stumps are made from wood.
D.The ball is made with leather, twine and cork.
E.Even today in some areas handmade bat and ball are used.
Q5.Write Different Between Amateurs and Professionals
AmaTeurs:They are were rich players who used to play for pleasure
They felt sport as kind of leisure
THey were not playing for money as it was aginst the aristocratic values
Such rich players were called Amateurs
They were often refered to as Gentlemen.They were generally Batsmen
Professionals:
The players who used to play for earning were called prfessionals
They had sponsored subsrciption
Most of them were working in mines and other seasonal workers
The professionals were called players
They were generally fielders and bowlers.
Q6.Why did Cricket become popular in INdia and West Indies? can you give reasons why it did not become popular in countries like South America
A.Cricket is colonial game which was played by white colonial powers.
B.Many Indian communities such as Parsis took deep interest in Cricket.
C.Cricket was a symbol of racial inequalities in West-Indies and. Therefore Caribbean nations made it a symbol of national pride and equality.
D.Quadrangular tournaments were organized in India on the basis of religion.
E.Cricket could not become popular in South America as South American nations were
under the control of other European nations. These imperial countries had other popular games
Q7.Write down the modern features of game of cricket.
Ans.
a.Earlier the bat was made from single piece of wood, now it is made of two pieces that are handle of cane and the blade of willow wood
b.The invention of vulcanized rubber used to make the pad and gloves for safety purpose
c.The helmet of metal and synthetic light weight pad and other light weight materials is used
d.Flood light stadiusm are developed to play day and night matches
Q8.Mention the contribution of Kerry packer to make cricket more attractive to television audiences.
Ans.A.Kerry Packer, an Australian television tycoon who saw the money-making potential of cricket as a television sport.
B.He signed up fifty-one of the world’s leading cricketers against the wishes of the international cricket board.
C.About two years staged unofficial Tests and one day international matches under the name of World Cricket Series.
D.While packer’s circus as it was then described folded up after two years.
E.The innovation he introduced during this time to make cricket more attractive to television audience and changed the nature of game.
F.Packer drove home the lesson that cricket was a marketable game, which could generate huge revenues .
Q9.What were Pentangular Tournaments? Why did Gandhiji Condemned the Pentangular Tournaments?
Ans.A.The British organized Indian First Class Cricket on communal and racial basis.
B.They organized Pentangular Tournaments. All five teams were representing their
communities, Such as Europeans, The Parsis, The Hindu, The Muslims and Rest Indian Christians.
C.Gandhiji condemned the Pentangular Tournaments because he described it a
communally division competition and a plan to divide Indians on communal basis.
Q10.Explain the contribution of Parsis in the development of cricket.
Ans.A.The Parsis were the first Indian Community to set up a Cricket Club in India.
B.They were the first have close contacts with British because of their trade interests.
C.In 1948 they established first Indian Cricket club named the Oriental Cricket Club
in Bombay.
D.Tatas and Wadias were sponsors of Parsi club.
Q11.Write a short note on ICC.
Ans.Ans.A.Earlier ICC was known as Imperial Cricket Conference.
B.It was dominated by England and Australia.
C.Both the countries had a special status in ICC.
D.In 1988 both the countries renounced their special status in favour of equal
membership.
E.Later ICC was renamed as the International Cricket Conference.
Q12.Write Short note on Different Version of Cricket
Ans.A.Test Cricket: It is traditional style of cricket.
The duration of a match is of five days.
Both teams play two innings each. An average of nin
ety over is bowled per day.
B.One Day International: The year of 1971 was a turning point in the history of cricket.
In 1971, the first ever One Day International was played between England and
Australia in Melbourne.
C.Three day Cricket: This version of cricket is played in the first class cricket. In first
class tournaments such as Ranji trophy etc. The duration of the match is of three
days.
D.Twenty-Twenty cricket: The duration of the match is of 40 over and 20 over each
side. If test cricket is a classic version, twenty-twenty is a thriller.
Q13.Name the country that has pioneered the great advances in bowling? Mention the two innovations in the field of bowling?
Ans.Pakistan has pioneered the great advances in the bowling
A.The ‘doosra’ was invented in response to aggressive batsmen with heavy modern
bats,
B.The reverse swing was invented to move the ball in on dusty unresponsive wickets under clear skies.
C.Both these inventions were greeted suspiciously by England and Australia
Q.14.What kind of changes was introduced by MCC in the second half of 18th century?
Ans.10.A.It became common to pitch the ball through the air,rather than roll it along the
ground.
B.This gave the bowler the option to length, deception through the air and increased
pace.
C.It also opened new possibilities for spin and swing.
D.In response, batsmen had to master timing and shot selection. One immediate result
was the replacement of carved bat with the straight
one.
E.The weight of the ball was limited between 5½ to 5¾ ounces, and the width of the
bat to four inches.
F.In 1774, the first leg before wicket law was introduced.
Q15.How far is it correct to say that the history of Gymkhana Cricket led to first class cricket being organized on communal and racial lines?
Ans.A.The establishment of Parsi Gymkhana led to the establishment of other Indian clubs
based on religious lines.
B.The team that played colonial India’s Greatest and most famous first class cricket
tournaments represented religious communities.
C.The tournament was initially called the Quadrangular as it was played by four teams-
the Europeans, The Parsis, The Hindu and The Muslims.
D.It later became Pentangular when a fifth team was added namely, ‘The Rest’. It
comprised of all the remaining communities.
E.Journalists, Cricketers and leaders criticized the racial and communal foundations of the Pentangular Tournaments.
Q16.What was the quarrel between the Parsis and Bombay Gymkhana? How did it come to happy end?
Ans.
Ans..A.Till the middle of the eighteenth century, bats were roughly the same shape as hockey sticks, curving outward at the bottom.
B.There was a simple reason for this; the ball was bowled underarm along the
ground.
C.The curve at the end of the bat gave the batsman the best chance of making contact.
Q2.‘Cricket’s connections with rural past can be seen in the length of a test match’.
Justify the statement.
Ans.A.Originally the cricket matches had no time limit. The game went on for as long as it
took to bowl out a side twice.
B.The rhythm of village life was slower and cricket rules were made before the
Industrial Revolution.
C.Modern factory work meant that people were paid by the hour or the day or the
week, games that were codified after Industrial Revolution like football and hockey
were strictly time limited to fit the routine of industrial city life.
Q3 What Does MCC stands for and in which year it was founded, what was the role played by MCC in development of Cricket
Ans.A.The MCC played a major role in the development of Cricket. The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787.
B.It become the guardian of cricket’sregulations and published the first revision of cricket laws in 1788.
C.The weight of the ball was limited to 5 3/4 ounces.
D.The width of the bat was limited to four inches
Q4.Write down the traditional features of game of cricket
Ans.A.The size of the ground is never fixed.
B.The cricket was played in the village and the ground size was different from village.
C.The bat and the stumps are made from wood.
D.The ball is made with leather, twine and cork.
E.Even today in some areas handmade bat and ball are used.
Q5.Write Different Between Amateurs and Professionals
AmaTeurs:They are were rich players who used to play for pleasure
They felt sport as kind of leisure
THey were not playing for money as it was aginst the aristocratic values
Such rich players were called Amateurs
They were often refered to as Gentlemen.They were generally Batsmen
Professionals:
The players who used to play for earning were called prfessionals
They had sponsored subsrciption
Most of them were working in mines and other seasonal workers
The professionals were called players
They were generally fielders and bowlers.
Q6.Why did Cricket become popular in INdia and West Indies? can you give reasons why it did not become popular in countries like South America
A.Cricket is colonial game which was played by white colonial powers.
B.Many Indian communities such as Parsis took deep interest in Cricket.
C.Cricket was a symbol of racial inequalities in West-Indies and. Therefore Caribbean nations made it a symbol of national pride and equality.
D.Quadrangular tournaments were organized in India on the basis of religion.
E.Cricket could not become popular in South America as South American nations were
under the control of other European nations. These imperial countries had other popular games
Q7.Write down the modern features of game of cricket.
Ans.
a.Earlier the bat was made from single piece of wood, now it is made of two pieces that are handle of cane and the blade of willow wood
b.The invention of vulcanized rubber used to make the pad and gloves for safety purpose
c.The helmet of metal and synthetic light weight pad and other light weight materials is used
d.Flood light stadiusm are developed to play day and night matches
Q8.Mention the contribution of Kerry packer to make cricket more attractive to television audiences.
Ans.A.Kerry Packer, an Australian television tycoon who saw the money-making potential of cricket as a television sport.
B.He signed up fifty-one of the world’s leading cricketers against the wishes of the international cricket board.
C.About two years staged unofficial Tests and one day international matches under the name of World Cricket Series.
D.While packer’s circus as it was then described folded up after two years.
E.The innovation he introduced during this time to make cricket more attractive to television audience and changed the nature of game.
F.Packer drove home the lesson that cricket was a marketable game, which could generate huge revenues .
Q9.What were Pentangular Tournaments? Why did Gandhiji Condemned the Pentangular Tournaments?
Ans.A.The British organized Indian First Class Cricket on communal and racial basis.
B.They organized Pentangular Tournaments. All five teams were representing their
communities, Such as Europeans, The Parsis, The Hindu, The Muslims and Rest Indian Christians.
C.Gandhiji condemned the Pentangular Tournaments because he described it a
communally division competition and a plan to divide Indians on communal basis.
Q10.Explain the contribution of Parsis in the development of cricket.
Ans.A.The Parsis were the first Indian Community to set up a Cricket Club in India.
B.They were the first have close contacts with British because of their trade interests.
C.In 1948 they established first Indian Cricket club named the Oriental Cricket Club
in Bombay.
D.Tatas and Wadias were sponsors of Parsi club.
Q11.Write a short note on ICC.
Ans.Ans.A.Earlier ICC was known as Imperial Cricket Conference.
B.It was dominated by England and Australia.
C.Both the countries had a special status in ICC.
D.In 1988 both the countries renounced their special status in favour of equal
membership.
E.Later ICC was renamed as the International Cricket Conference.
Q12.Write Short note on Different Version of Cricket
Ans.A.Test Cricket: It is traditional style of cricket.
The duration of a match is of five days.
Both teams play two innings each. An average of nin
ety over is bowled per day.
B.One Day International: The year of 1971 was a turning point in the history of cricket.
In 1971, the first ever One Day International was played between England and
Australia in Melbourne.
C.Three day Cricket: This version of cricket is played in the first class cricket. In first
class tournaments such as Ranji trophy etc. The duration of the match is of three
days.
D.Twenty-Twenty cricket: The duration of the match is of 40 over and 20 over each
side. If test cricket is a classic version, twenty-twenty is a thriller.
Q13.Name the country that has pioneered the great advances in bowling? Mention the two innovations in the field of bowling?
Ans.Pakistan has pioneered the great advances in the bowling
A.The ‘doosra’ was invented in response to aggressive batsmen with heavy modern
bats,
B.The reverse swing was invented to move the ball in on dusty unresponsive wickets under clear skies.
C.Both these inventions were greeted suspiciously by England and Australia
Q.14.What kind of changes was introduced by MCC in the second half of 18th century?
Ans.10.A.It became common to pitch the ball through the air,rather than roll it along the
ground.
B.This gave the bowler the option to length, deception through the air and increased
pace.
C.It also opened new possibilities for spin and swing.
D.In response, batsmen had to master timing and shot selection. One immediate result
was the replacement of carved bat with the straight
one.
E.The weight of the ball was limited between 5½ to 5¾ ounces, and the width of the
bat to four inches.
F.In 1774, the first leg before wicket law was introduced.
Q15.How far is it correct to say that the history of Gymkhana Cricket led to first class cricket being organized on communal and racial lines?
Ans.A.The establishment of Parsi Gymkhana led to the establishment of other Indian clubs
based on religious lines.
B.The team that played colonial India’s Greatest and most famous first class cricket
tournaments represented religious communities.
C.The tournament was initially called the Quadrangular as it was played by four teams-
the Europeans, The Parsis, The Hindu and The Muslims.
D.It later became Pentangular when a fifth team was added namely, ‘The Rest’. It
comprised of all the remaining communities.
E.Journalists, Cricketers and leaders criticized the racial and communal foundations of the Pentangular Tournaments.
Q16.What was the quarrel between the Parsis and Bombay Gymkhana? How did it come to happy end?
Ans.
A.The quarrel between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkh
ana began over the use of a
park.
B.
The Parsis complained that the park was spoiled and
left unfit for playing cricket by
the polo ponies of the British.
C.
The Parsis built their own Gymkhana and the matter
ended.
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