The advent of cricket in India

Q. Parsis founded the first Indian cricket club called ______________ at Bombay in the year 1848.

1. None of the above
2. Parsis cricket club
3. Oriental cricket club
   
4. Bombay cricket club

Q. Largely due to their colonization, in which of the following countries is cricket a popular sport?

1. Peru
2. South Africa
3. Egypt
4. Zimbabwe
5. New Zealand
6. France
7. West Indies
8. Australia
9. Kenya
10. Brazil

Q. Cricket is known as a 'grown woman's' sport.

1. True
2. False

Q. ____ in England played the game of cricket in ____.

1. Villagers, open grounds
2. Urban people, open grounds
3. Bureaucrats, Government grounds
4. Elites, stadiums

Q. Parsis the first Indian community to start playing the game of cricket? Identify the correct reason for this development.

1. Trade with the British.
2. They were rich.
3. They owned land.
4. Other Indians hated cricket.

Q. In the opinion of many historians, the ______ community was among the first to get westernised in India.

1. Parsis
2. Muslims
3. Hindus
4. Sikhs

Q. Kerry Packer signed ____ cricketers against the wishes of international cricket bodies to conduct cricket tournaments.

1. 51
2. 49
3. 50
4. 48

Q. Indian national team played its first international test cricket match in the year _______.

1. 1923
2. 1932
3. 1945
4. 1954

Q. What does the term 'gentlemen' sport signify in cricket?

1. It is played by men only.
2. It is played by rich men only.
3. It is played by England people only.
4. It is played by men who are chosen by the British.

Q. Parsis founded the first Indian cricket club called ______________ at Bombay in the year 1848.

1. 
   Oriental cricket club
2. 
   Parsis cricket club
3. 
   Bombay cricket club
4. 
   None of the above