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
  1. Chris Gayle

  2. Shahid Afridi

  3. Yuvraj Singh

  4. T.Dilshan

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

Multiple choice
  1. Kyrgyzstan

  2. India

  3. Syria

  4. Nepal

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. For adding the most number of randomly picked five digit numbers in one minute

  2. For memorising most number of random objects in one minute

  3. For memorising the value of pi to the maximum number of digits after decimal

  4. For memorising most numbers in sequence in one minute

  5. For multiplying two six digit numbers in the fastest time

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

This was the second Guinness World record for Narayanam as he was recognised in the category of 'most random objects memorised' in 2006.

Multiple choice
  1. Robin Singh

  2. Sachin Tandulkar

  3. S. Ramesh

  4. Sourav Ganguly

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

Multiple choice
  1. Virender Sehwag

  2. Sachin Tandulker

  3. Sourav Ganguly

  4. Kapil Dev

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

Multiple choice
  1. Sunil Gavaskar

  2. Ajay Jadeja

  3. Sachin Tandulkar

  4. Noel David

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

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.

Multiple choice
  1. Bradman

  2. Kapil Dev

  3. Imran

  4. Clive Lloyd

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

Multiple choice
  1. Shane Warne

  2. Chaminda Vass

  3. W. Younis

  4. Dravid

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

Multiple choice
  1. Gary Kirsten

  2. Ajitpal Singh

  3. Pargat Singh

  4. None of these

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

Multiple choice
  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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

Multiple choice
  1. Punjab XI

  2. Royal Challengers

  3. Mumbai Indians

  4. Knight Riders

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

Multiple choice
  1. on the cricket ground: nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involving in the game.

  2. on the cricket ground: nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.

  3. on the cricket ground; nonetheless, I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.

  4. on the cricket ground; nonetheless I always resolve to continue my involvement in the game.

  5. 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.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
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."