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  • 1. 
    There were revision of laws by MCC between 1770s and 1780s. They were:

  • The weight of the ball and the width of the bat were specified
  • The first leg-before law was published in 1774
  • The third stump became common, and the first six seam cricket ball was created
  • All the above

  • 2. 
    There was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana (a Whites only club) and the ParsiClub, because :

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

  • 3. 
    When was the Marylebone Cricket Club founded?

  • 1760
  • 1787
  • 1788
  • 1895

  • 4. 
    The reason that cricket has originated from the villages is/are

  • Cricket matches had no time limit
  • Vagueness of the size of the cricket ground
  • Cricket’s most important tools are all made of pre-industrial materials
  • All the above

  • 5. 
    The poor who played cricket for a living were called

  • needy
  • entertainers
  • professionals
  • commons

  • 6. 
    In which of these countries was cricket established as a popular sport?

  • South Africa, Zimbabwe
  • Australia, New Zealand
  • West Indies, Kenya
  • All the above

  • 7. 
    What was the term ‘tournament’ called initially?

  • Triangular
  • Quadrangular
  • Angular
  • Pentangular

  • 8. 
    How did the cricket boards become rich?

  • By organising large number of matches
  • Through patronage from rich industrialists
  • By selling television rights to television companies
  • None of the above

  • 9. 
    When was the first World Cup successfully staged?

  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975

  • 10. 
    The first hockey club in India was started in

  • Bombay
  • Madras
  • Bangalore
  • Calcutta
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