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. 1/30

  2. 2/9

  3. 4/5

  4. 2/15

  5. 4/15

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

It is correct answer.Solution: Total Seats = cSeats in front section = a (i.e 1/5*c)a = c/5 Seats sold in front section = 5/6*a = (5/6*c/5) = c/6Seats unsold in front section = c/5 - c/6 = c/30Total seats sold = 3/4*cTotal seats unsold = c/4Fraction of seats unsold in front section = 2c/15

Multiple choice
  1. Sarabhai group

  2. Essel group

  3. Birla

  4. Sahara

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

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league launched in 2007 by the Essel Group, headed by Subhash Chandra (Zee Entertainment). It was an unauthorized Twenty20 league that ran parallel to the BBL but eventually folded. The Essel Group diversified into sports entertainment through this venture.

Multiple choice
  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Brian Lara

  3. Virendra Sehwag

  4. Kevin Peterson

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

Virender Sehwag won the ICC Test Batting Performance of the Year award. The question appears to have a typo ('circinfo' instead of 'ICC'). This award recognizes exceptional batting performances in Test cricket.

Multiple choice
  1. IPL

  2. ICL

  3. BPL

  4. None of these

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

BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) is the governing body for cricket in India and organizes the IPL (Indian Premier League), which is a professional Twenty20 cricket league. ICL (Indian Cricket League) was a private league that operated briefly, and BPL refers to the Bangladesh Premier League.