General Awareness

Cricket History and Facts

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Sports and Cricket History questions test your knowledge of players, major tournaments, and historical sports records. This includes cricket milestones, hockey league facts, and archery scores. Regular practice ensures better scores in the general awareness section of exams.

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Cricket History and Facts Questions

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

For West Indies

  1. George Headley

  2. Ottis Gibson

  3. Gordon Greenidge

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

Ottis Gibson served as the head coach of the West Indies cricket team. The question is incomplete without context about what position is being referenced, but Gibson is correctly identified as a key figure in West Indies cricket.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

For SriLanka

  1. Mahanama

  2. Aravinda de Silva

  3. Trevor Bayliss

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

Trevor Bayliss, an Australian cricket coach, served as the head coach of the Sri Lankan national team from 2007 to 2011, leading them to the 2011 World Cup final.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

For South Africa?

  1. Corrie van Zyl

  2. Jonty Rhodes

  3. Allan Lamb

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

Corrie van Zyl is a former South African cricketer who served as the interim head coach of the South African national team between 2009 and 2011.

Multiple choice general knowledge

CRICKET....He was an Indian Coach....ShivajiPark was his second residence... Pravin amre, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay Bangar and Ramesh Powar were some of his pupils.....if u dnt get it nw go for a hint...u would surely crack it!!!!!

  1. Ajit Wadekar

  2. Gundappa Viswanathan

  3. Roger Binny

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

Ramakant Achrekar was the famous cricket coach based at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. He coached many Indian cricketers including Pravin Amre, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay Bangar, and Ramesh Powar. He was also Sachin Tendulkar's guru. The other options were players, not coaches.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

KEVIN PIETERSON

  1. Peter

  2. Punter

  3. Kapes

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

Kevin Pietersen, the England batsman, was nicknamed Kapes. This is a well-known cricket nickname. Peter and Punter (Ricky Ponting's nickname) are incorrect, and Pigeon is Glenn McGrath's nickname.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Anil Kumble

  1. Jumbo

  2. Jammy

  3. Spinny

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

Anil Kumble, India's legendary leg-spinner, was nicknamed Jumbo. Jammy is Rahul Dravid's nickname, while Spinny and Twister are generic not specific nicknames.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

he is the scorer of fastest test century of all time..he held the record for most runs in a calender year until mohamad yusuf broke it name him?

  1. brain lara

  2. sachin

  3. viv richards

  4. none
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Viv Richards held the record for the fastest Test century for many years, scoring 100 runs off just 56 balls against England in Antigua in 1986. This record stood until 2002 when it was broken by Nathan Astle (off 54 balls), then Misbah-ul-Haq (off 56 balls), and subsequently others. Richards also held the record for most Test runs in a calendar year (1,710 runs in 1976) until Mohammad Yousuf broke it in 2006. His aggressive batting and dominance made him one of cricket's most destructive batsmen.