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

Which country has pioneered two great advances in bowling viz. the Doosra and the Reverse Swing?

  1. India

  2. Australia

  3. Pakistan

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

Pakistan has pioneered two great advances in bowling: the doosra and the reverse swing. Both the skills were developed in response to subcontinental conditions: the doosra to counter aggressive
batsmen with heavy modern bats who were threatening to make finger-spin obsolete and reverse swing to move the ball in on
dusty, unresponsive wickets under clear skies.

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

Our forefathers did wonderfully well without the fashionable sport of today these words were spoken by

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Abdul Kalam Azad
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi expressed this sentiment regarding the simplicity of life and the rejection of modern, fashionable distractions. It reflects his philosophy of self-reliance and critique of industrial-age consumerism.

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

The first black captain for the Caribbean team was ____________.

  1. Forbes Burnham

  2. Eric Williams

  3. Len Hutton

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

A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became famous in the 1950s as the first black captain of the West Indies cricket team. Along with Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, he formed what was known as "The Three Ws" of the West Indian cricket. He was the first of the two batsmen to have been involved in two 500-run partnerships in first-class cricket.

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

Find the wrong statement about Cricket.

  1. The first written laws of Cricket were drawn up in $1744$
  2. The stumps must be $22$ inches high and the bail across them six inches
  3. The World's first Cricket Club was formed in Hambledon in the $1760$'s
  4. The Sikhs founded the first Indian Cricket Club, the Punjab Club in Amritsar in $1820$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The statement regarding the Sikhs founding the first Indian Cricket Club in 1820 is historically inaccurate. The first cricket clubs in India were established much later, primarily by British colonial influence.

Multiple choice social science government and taxes types of tax types of taxes government budget and taxation

Direct tax is called direct because it is collected directly from __________________.

  1. The producers on goods produced

  2. The sellers on goods sold

  3. The buyers of goods

  4. The income earners
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A direct tax is the tax, the final burden of which is borne by the person on whom it is imposed. For example: Income tax is a direct tax. Thus, direct tax is called direct tax as it is collected directly from the income earners and the burden of the tax cannot be shifted to different persons.

Multiple choice social science government and taxes types of tax types of taxes government budget and taxation

The tax levied by the union government on income of individuals is known as _____.

  1. personal income tax

  2. interest tax

  3. wealth tax

  4. corporation tax
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 Personal Income Tax (PIT) is a direct tax levied on income of a person. A person means an individual, an ordinary partnership, a non-juristic body of person and an undivided estate. In general, a person liable to PIT has to compute his tax liability, file tax return and pay tax, if any, accordingly on a calendar year basis.