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Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Statement I: Cricket emerged as a colonial game.
Statement II: Cricket was started in England.

  1. Statement I is true, Statement II is false

  2. Statement II is true, Statement I is false

  3. Both Statements are true, Statement II provides explanation to Statement I

  4. Both Statements are true, Statement II does not provide explanation to Statement I
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Cricket is a colonial game that originated in England and was spread to colonies like India, making both statements true and the second statement a direct explanation for the first.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Read the following statements and choose the right option.
Statement I: The rich who afford to play cricket for pleasure were called amateurs because they played for leisure and aristocratic value.
Statement II: The poor played cricket in England to impress the aristocratic people and they were known as gentlemen.

  1. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  2. Both the statements are false

  3. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  4. Both the statements are true
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The rich were amateurs for two reasons. One, they considered sport a kind of leisure. To play for the pleasure of playing and not for money was an aristocratic value. Two, there was not enough money in the game for the rich to be interested. The poor who played it for a living were called professionals. 

Amateurs were called Gentlemen while professionals had to be content with being described as Players. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Though cricket's protective equipment has been influenced by technology but its playing equipment still is made of __________.

  1. pre-industrial material

  2. natural product

  3. hand-made goods

  4. all of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Cricket’s most important tools are all made of natural, pre-industrial materials. The bat is made of wood as are the stumps and the bails. The ball is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today both bat and ball are handmade.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Which club became the first to revise the laws and the guardian of cricket's regulation in 1788?

  1. YMCA

  2. BCCI

  3. ICC

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

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) was founded in 1787. In 1788, the MCC published its first revision of the laws and became the guardian of cricket’s regulations. The MCC’s revision of the laws brought in a series of changes in the game that occurred in the second half of the eighteenth century. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Read the following statements and choose the right option.
Statement I: Certain materials were used to make the cricket bat, but these materials could not be adapted.
Statement II:Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee tried to play an innings with an aluminum bat, only to have it outlawed by the umpires.

  1. Statement I is true and statement II is false

  2. Both the statements are wrong

  3. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  4. Both the statements are true
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It consists of two pieces, the blade which is made out of the wood of the willow tree and the handle which is made out of cane. Unlike golf and tennis, cricket has refused to remake its tools with industrial or man-made materials: plastic, fibreglass and metal have been firmly rejected.  Australian cricketer Dennis Lillee tried to play an innings with an aluminium bat, only to have it outlawed by the umpires. 

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

Cricket connection shows the predominance of the ________.

  1. rural life

  2. urban life

  3. elite life

  4. none of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cricket’s connection with a rural past can be seen in the length of a Test match. Originally, cricket matches had no time limit. The game went on for as long as it took to bowl out a side twice. In the same way, cricket’s vagueness about the size of a cricket ground is a result of its village origins. Cricket was originally played on country commons, unfenced land that was public property. 


Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The stick and ball games played in England some 500 years ago was _______.

  1. hockey

  2. baseball

  3. cricket

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

Nearly 500 years ago, cricket developed in rural England out of several stick and ball games. Till the 18th century, cricket bats were curved like hockey sticks. The game was originally played on unfenced land in English villages with no defined boundaries.

Multiple choice sports: nationalism and commerce the story of cricket history and sport: the story of cricket history social science

The width of the cricket bat was specified to be _________.

  1. four inches

  2. five inches

  3. six inches

  4. seven inches
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The MCC’s revision of the laws brought in a series of changes in the game that occurred in the second half of the eighteenth century. The weight of the ball was limited to between 5½  to 5¾ ounces, and the width of the bat to four inches.