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
  1. Oriental Cricket Club

  2. Mumbai Cricket Club

  3. Baroda Cricket club

  4. Indian Cricket club

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Oriental Cricket Club (1848) was indeed the first cricket club established by Indians in Bombay. This was a significant milestone as Indians were initially excluded from European clubs. The club was formed by the Parsi community in Bombay.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Calcutta Cricket Club

  2. Bengal cricket Board

  3. Bombay Cricket board

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The BCCI was originally called the Calcutta Cricket Club when it was formed in 1928. It was later renamed to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The name change reflected the expansion from a Calcutta-based club to a national governing body.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Bishan Singh Bedi

  2. Narendra Hirwani

  3. Erappalli Prasanna

  4. Harbhajan Singh

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets for India on his Test debut against the West Indies in 1988 (8 for 61 and 8 for 75). This remains a world record for most wickets by a debutant in a Test match. None of the other bowlers listed came close to this achievement.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Sreesanth

  2. Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan

  3. Zaheer Khan, Ishanth Sharma, RP Singh

  4. RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishanth Sharma

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

After the controversial Sydney Test of 2007-08, India won the Perth Test match. The fast bowlers in that victorious Indian team were RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, and Ishant Sharma. Zaheer Khan was injured and did not play in that specific match.

Multiple choice general knowledge sports
  1. Kumble, Srinath, Kapil, Zaheer

  2. Kumble, Srinath, Harbhajan, Kapil

  3. Kumble, Srinath, Agarkar, Kapil

  4. Kumble, Srinath, Agarkar, Harbhajan

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The four Indian bowlers with 250+ ODI wickets are Anil Kumble (337), Javagal Srinath (315), Ajit Agarkar (288), and Kapil Dev (253). Harbhajan Singh has 269 wickets but the question asks about who 'picked more than 250' and Option C matches the historical record.