General Awareness

Cricket History and Tournaments

1,788 Questions

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

Which was Kohli's maiden World cup ?

  1. 2019

  2. 2015

  3. None of these

  4. 2011
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Virat Kohli made his World Cup debut in the 2011 edition, which was hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. This tournament ended in a victory for India.

Multiple choice

Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?

  1. Nottinghamshire

  2. Yorkshire

  3. Lancashire

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

Sachin Tendulkar never played county cricket for Yorkshire. He played for Yorkshire in 1992, becoming their first overseas player.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The victory of West Indies over England in the first Test series in 1950 was celebrated as __________.

  1. political achievement

  2. social achievement

  3. national achievement

  4. international achievement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 When the West Indies won its first Test series against England in 1950, it was celebrated as a national achievement, as a way of demonstrating that West Indians were the equals of white Englishmen. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Which of the following former British colonies was not a cricket playing nation?

  1. Sri Lanka

  2. India

  3. Malaysia

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

 In these colonies, cricket was established as a popular sport either by white settlers (as in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies and Kenya) or by local elites who wanted to copy the habits of their colonial masters, as in India.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Which of the following is not a cricket playing country?

  1. England

  2. Australia

  3. Ireland

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

Having been played by the gardeners of rich aristocratic families at the end of the 19th century - at which time Vienna Cricket and Football Club was founded, cricket disappeared in Austria until after the Second World War, when it was played by British occupying troops on a recreational basis.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

In which year did India start playing Test cricket?

  1. 1952

  2. 1947

  3. 1940

  4. 1932
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

India entered the world of Test cricket in 1932, a decade and a half before it became an independent nation. This was possible because Test cricket from its origins in 1877 was organised as a contest between different parts of the British empire, not sovereign nations. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The first Indian club, the Calcutta Cricket Club was established in the year __________.

  1. 1792

  2. 1721

  3. 1723

  4. 1782
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Club was founded as the Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers by British immigrants who had come over with the British East India Company. It is known to have been in existence by 1792.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The West Indies win in Test Series England in 1950, had two ironical features. They were :

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

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

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

  4. Both (b) and (c)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Success at cricket became a measure of racial equality and political progress.  At the time of their independence many of the political leaders of Caribbean countries like Forbes Burnham and Eric Williams saw in the game a chance for self-respect and international standing. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

In which of these countries was cricket established as a popular sport?

  1. South Africa, Zimbabwe

  2. Australia, New Zealand

  3. West Indies, Kenya

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cricket was spread by the British Empire to various colonies, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Kenya, becoming popular in all these regions.