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

The winner of Durand Cup 2003 is

  1. Mohan Bagan

  2. JCT Mills Phagwada

  3. Salgaocar Club

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

Salgaocar Club won the Durand Cup in 2003 by defeating East Bengal in the final.

Multiple choice

Who was the player of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007?

  1. Mehela Jayawardene

  2. Daniel Vittori

  3. Jacques Kallis

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

Glenn McGrath was the Player of the Tournament in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, taking 26 wickets as Australia won the championship. Note: The question wording is slightly ambiguous - McGrath was the Player of the Tournament, not simply a player.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following paragraph and answer the question given below it There are four friends Anil, Sushil, Raju and Harish. One of them is a cricketer and studies chemistry and biology. Anil and Sushil play football. Anil studies commerce. Both the football players study mathematics. Harish is a boxer. One football player also studies physics. The boxer studies mathematics and accountancy. All the friends study two subjects each and play one game each. Find:

Who is a cricketer?

  1. Anil

  2. Raju

  3. Sushil

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

Answer is (2)