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

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

The Indian cricket team __________Pakistan cricket team.

  1. beat in pants of

  2. beat pants

  3. beat off the pants of

  4. beat the pants off

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

'To beat the pants off' is an informal expression meaning to defeat someone completely and decisively. In the context of cricket, it means the Indian team overwhelmingly defeated the Pakistan team in a match.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the news items given below. Use the information in the headlines to complete the sentence. Write the answers in your answer sheet against the correct blank number. Do not copy the whole sentence.

It was physically tough, says Rahul Dravid Drained ___________ another one of his typically resolute hundreds, veteran Indian batsman Rahul Dravid said it was tough adjusting to the conditions in the ongoing first Test against the West Indies.

  1. to hit

  2. after hitting

  3. for hitting

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

The structure is 'Drained ___ another of his typically resolute hundreds' where 'drained' is the past participle meaning exhausted. After 'drained', we need 'after hitting' to show what caused the exhaustion. Option A 'to hit' suggests purpose, C 'for hitting' doesn't fit the context, and D 'with hitting' is grammatically incorrect here.

Multiple choice

Which of the following represents the highest national sports award in India, at the university level?

  1. Khel Ratna Puruskar

  2. Vivekananda Smriti Puruskar

  3. Dhyan Chand Trophy

  4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy is India's highest national sports award specifically at the university level. It is awarded annually to the top university for overall performance in sports. The Khel Ratna is India's highest sporting honor overall, while Dhyan Chand Trophy and Vivekananda Smriti Puruskar are different awards not specifically for universities.

Multiple choice

Nikhil was performing an activity. He first held the ball after wearing gloves, then he held it with oily hands and then with greasy hands and then washed his hands properly and held the ball. Why is it difficult to hold ball with greasy hands?

  1. Very less force friction is present between the ball and greasy hands.

  2. Proper force on ball is not exerted by the hands due to grease.

  3. Large frictional force is present between the ball and greasy hands.

  4. Ball slips from hands.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 Very less force friction is present between the ball and greasy hands.

Multiple choice

Why is it difficult to catch a ball when you close one eye?

  1. You are not able to see the ball properly.

  2. It is difficult to estimate the distance

  3. It is difficult to concentrate on the ball

  4. It is difficult to close your one eye.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

When you close one eye the range of vision increases and it becomes difficult to estimate the distance.

Multiple choice

Given table shows number of matches won by two teams in different months. Team A won an average of 17 matches and Team B won an average of 19 matches. How many matches did each team win in December |||| |---|---|---| | Month| Team A| Team B| | Jan| 20| 10| | Feb| 15| 12| | Mar| 16| 15| | Apr| 18| 21| | May| 21| 16| | June| 30| 31| | July| 22| 26| | Aug| 7| 29| | Sep| 19| 23| | Oct| 12| 25| | Nov| 11| 18|

  1. Team A = 14; Team B = 14

  2. Team A = 13; Team B =2

  3. Team A = 19; Team B = 3

  4. Team A = 20; Team B = 4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

To find December values, set up equations using the average formula. For Team A: (20+15+16+18+21+30+22+7+19+12+11+x)/12 = 17, which gives x = 13. For Team B: (10+12+15+21+16+31+26+29+23+25+18+y)/12 = 19, which gives y = 2. Option B correctly shows both values.