General Awareness

Cricket History and Tournaments

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Test your knowledge of cricket history, including ICC tournaments, World Cup records, and notable player achievements. These general awareness questions are frequently asked in sports sections of competitive exams. Practice identifying historical match outcomes, team records, and award winners.

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Cricket History and Tournaments Questions

Multiple choice question mark punctuation english

The big question is whether the West Indies can beat Australia in the final of the T20 cricket tournament?

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. cricket tournament!

  3. cricket tournament.

  4. cricket tournament,
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
In the given sentence, although the word 'question' is used, it is still a declaratory sentence. 
Declaratory sentences always end with a period. Thus, the correct answer will be Option C.
Exclamation marks are used to indicate strong feelings, high volume or emphasis. Neither of which is required in the given sentence.
A comma is used to indicate a pause in between  sentence. it is to used at the end o a sentence.
Multiple choice

Who won the 2015 Sheffield Shield?

  1. Speedblitz Blues

  2. West End Redbacks

  3. Queensland Bulls

  4. C Bank Bushrangers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The New South Wales team, historically known as the Speedblitz Blues, won the Sheffield Shield in the 2014-15 season.

Multiple choice

Who won world cup 1975?

  1. India

  2. West indies

  3. South Africa

  4. England
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The West Indies won the inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup in 1975 by defeating Australia in the final.

Multiple choice

Who won world cup 1979?

  1. Sri Lanka

  2. USA

  3. Oman

  4. West indies
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The 1979 Cricket World Cup was held in England and won by the West Indies, who defeated England in the final. This was their second consecutive World Cup victory.

Multiple choice

Who won world cup 1983?

  1. Australia

  2. South Africa

  3. Bangladesh

  4. India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup by defeating the West Indies in the final at Lord's. This victory is considered a landmark moment in Indian cricket history.

Multiple choice

Who won world cup 1987?

  1. Netherlands

  2. India

  3. Australia

  4. New Zealand
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Australia won their first Cricket World Cup in 1987 by defeating England in the final held in Kolkata. This marked the beginning of Australia's dominance in the tournament.