History and Sport: The Story of Cricket

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Question 1 :

There were revision of laws by MCC between 1770s and 1780s. They were:

1. The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified
2. The first leg-before law was published in 1774
3. The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created
4. All the above
Answer
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Question 2 :

The West Indies win in Test Series against England in 1950, had two ironical features.They were:

1. The victory was considered a national achievement, a way of demonstrating that WestIndians were equals of white Englishmen
2. The captain of the winning West Indies team was a white Englishman
3. West Indies cricket team represented not one nation but several dominions which becameindependent countries later
4. both (b) and (c)
Answer
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Question 3 :

There was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana (a Whites only club) and the ParsiClub, because :

1. The Parsis complained that the public park was left unfit for cricket because the polopolies of the Gymkhana Club dug up the surface
2. The colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their own White compatriots
3. The White cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis
4. All the above
Answer
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Question 4 :

When were the first written “Laws of Cricket” drawn up? (CBSE 2010)

1. 1703
2. 1744
3. 1750
4. 1760
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Question 5 :

When was the Marylebone Cricket Club founded?

1. 1760
2. 1787
3. 1788
4. 1895
Answer
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