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

A batsman is injured and unable to complete his innings. How should this be recorded in the scorebook?

  1. Retired - Not out

  2. Retired Hurt

  3. Not out

  4. Retired - Out
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to Law 25 of Cricket, if a batsman retires because of illness, injury, or any other unavoidable cause, they are recorded as 'Retired - not out'. 'Retired Hurt' is the common terminology used, but 'Retired - not out' is the formal scorebook entry status. 'Retired - out' applies only if they retire for other reasons.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

When does the ball cease to be dead?

  1. When it is thrown back to the bowler

  2. When the bowler releases the ball

  3. When the bowler starts his run up

  4. When the batsman is ready to receive the next ball
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The ball becomes 'in play' (ceases to be dead) when the bowler starts his run up for the next delivery (Law 20.4.2). This is the moment the ball transitions from dead to live. It's not when the bowler releases the ball (that comes later), when thrown back, or when the batsman is ready - the run-up initiates the ball becoming live.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

The bowler accidentally knocks the bails off the stumps whilst delivering the ball, what should the umpire do?

  1. Call and signal Dead ball

  2. Re-make the wicket immediately

  3. Re-make the wicket when the ball is dead

  4. Call and signal No ball
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

If the bowler accidentally knocks off the bails during delivery, the wicket is remade when the ball is dead (Law 20.4.1, Law 28.3). The umpire doesn't call Dead ball - the ball becomes dead naturally at the end of the delivery (or if the striker is dismissed). Only then is the wicket restored. Re-making immediately or calling No ball would be incorrect.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

You are umpiring at the striker's end (square-leg). As the bowler runs in to bowl, you see the wicket-keeper is running up from where he was standing to take up a new position right behind the stumps. What do you do?

  1. Call and signal No ball

  2. Warn the fielding captain for unfair play

  3. Call and signal Dead ball

  4. Do nothing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

When the wicket-keeper moves up significantly behind the stumps while the bowler is running in, this is an unfair practice designed to deceive the batsman (Law 20.4.2, Law 41.7.1). The umpire must call and signal Dead ball immediately and warn the fielding captain. The movement happens as part of the bowler's approach, making it unfair.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Which of these deliveries is debited against the bowler's analysis?

  1. No ball

  2. Leg bye

  3. Bye

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

A No ball is the only option listed that is debited against the bowler's analysis (Law 21.10). No balls count as one ball on the bowler's figures and add one run to the bowler's analysis. Byes, leg byes, and dead balls are NOT debited - they are scored as extras but not charged to the bowler's personal statistics.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

You are the Umpire standing at the bowler's end when the bowler bowls a high, fast full toss that takes the batsman by surprise. He does not duck and the ball narrowly misses his head. You believe this ball was bowled deliberately. You call and signal No Ball. What do you do next?

  1. Warn the bowler for unfair play

  2. Take no action

  3. Instruct the fielding captain to take the bowler off forthwith

  4. Award five Penalty runs to the batting side
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

According to cricket laws (Law 42.6), if an umpire believes a bowler is deliberately bowling dangerously or attempting to injure the batsman, the umpire must instruct the fielding captain to remove the bowler immediately. This is a serious offense that requires immediate action.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports

In darts, what is the maximum check out score?

  1. 170

  2. 175

  3. 178

  4. 180
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

170 is the correct answer - in darts, the highest checkout (finish) is 170 points (treble 20, treble 20, bullseye). While 180 is the highest possible score with three darts (treble 20, treble 20, treble 20), it cannot be used as a checkout finish because you cannot reach exactly zero from 180 with two scoring darts.