General Awareness
Cricket History and Facts
9,822 Questions
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
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Chris Gayle
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Shahid Afridi
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Yuvraj Singh
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T.Dilshan
C
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Explanation
Yuvraj Singh was the leading six-hitter in the ICC T20 World Cup 2009 held in England. He scored 168 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 142.37, hitting 16 sixes during the tournament. While Chris Gayle and Shahid Afridi were also powerful hitters, Yuvraj's aggressive batting in the middle overs made him the top six-hitter that year.
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Kyrgyzstan
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India
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Syria
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Nepal
B
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India won the Nehru Cup 2009 football tournament, defeating Syria in the final. This was held in New Delhi and was part of the Nehru Cup international football tournament series. India emerged victorious after a penalty shootout in the final, continuing their good form in this competition.
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For adding the most number of randomly picked five digit numbers in one minute
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For memorising most number of random objects in one minute
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For memorising the value of pi to the maximum number of digits after decimal
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For memorising most numbers in sequence in one minute
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For multiplying two six digit numbers in the fastest time
D
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This was the second Guinness World record for Narayanam as he was recognised in the category of 'most random objects memorised' in 2006.
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Anil Kumble
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Steve Waugh
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Sachin Tandulkar
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None of these
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Robin Singh
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Sachin Tandulkar
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S. Ramesh
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Sourav Ganguly
B
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Explanation
Sachin Tendulkar (typo: 'Tandulkar') was indeed a right-handed batsman, while the others listed were left-handed: Robin Singh, S. Ramesh, and Sourav Ganguly all batted left-handed. The question is asking to identify the exception.
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Virender Sehwag
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Sachin Tandulker
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Sourav Ganguly
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Kapil Dev
A
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Explanation
Virender Sehwag became the first Indian batsman to score a triple century (300+ runs) in Test cricket when he scored 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008. This was a monumental achievement in Indian cricket history.
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Sunil Gavaskar
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Ajay Jadeja
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Sachin Tandulkar
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Noel David
A
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Sunil Gavaskar was famously called 'The Little Master' for his impeccable technique and ability to play fast bowling despite his relatively short stature. He was one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history.
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Bradman
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Kapil Dev
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Imran
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Clive Lloyd
A
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Explanation
Sachin Tendulkar is most often compared with Sir Don Bradman, widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman himself famously said Tendulkar's batting style reminded him of his own, making this comparison particularly significant.
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Shane Warne
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Chaminda Vass
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W. Younis
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Dravid
B
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Explanation
Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka holds the record for best bowling figures in a One Day International - 8 wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001. This remains the most devastating individual bowling performance in ODI history.
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Gary Kirsten
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Ajitpal Singh
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Pargat Singh
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None of these
A
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Explanation
Gary Kirsten was the coach of the Indian cricket team from 2008 to 2011, which included India's victorious 2011 ICC World Cup campaign. Under his guidance, India achieved the number one Test ranking for the first time.
B
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Explanation
Two
Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is the third batsman in the history of Test cricket to score two triple centuries, alongside Sir Donald Bradman Brian Lara
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Tilakratney Dilshan
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Virender Sehwag
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Sachin Tendulkar
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M S Dhoni
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Punjab XI
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Royal Challengers
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Mumbai Indians
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Knight Riders
A
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Explanation
Both Yuvraj Singh and Brett Lee played for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2010. Yuvraj was with the franchise from 2008-2010, while Lee was signed by KXIP for the 2010 season, making them teammates that year.
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reduced to zero suddenly
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increased suddenly
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reduced gradually
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increased gradually
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is not effected
A
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Explanation
Yes, it is the correct answer. If the ball is stopped suddenly, its momentum will be reduced to zero instantly.
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on the cricket ground: nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involving in the game.
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on the cricket ground: nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.
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on the cricket ground; nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.
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on the cricket ground; nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.
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on the cricket ground, but I always still manage to find a way to resolve my self to continue my pursuit of the involvement of the game.
C
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Explanation
A semicolon should be used instead of a colon in this sentence. This means we can eliminate answer choices A and B. A comma is needed after the word "nonetheless," so we can also eliminate answer choice (D). Answer choice E can be eliminated because it is too wordy, and incorrectly uses "my self" instead of "myself."