Consider the following statements and choose the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: The major cricket tournament of colonial India, the ‘Quadrangular’ did not represent regions but religious communities.
Statement II: The victory of the ‘Hindus’ in the ‘Quadrangular’ cricket tournament in 1923 was equated by a cricket fan with Gandhiji’s war on ‘untouchability’.
Consider the following statements and choose the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: The major cricket tournament of colonial India, the ‘Quadrangular’ did not represent regions but religious communities.
Statement II: The victory of the ‘Hindus’ in the ‘Quadrangular’ cricket tournament in 1923 was equated by a cricket fan with Gandhiji’s war on ‘untouchability’.
The correct option is D Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
This history of gymkhana cricket led to first-class cricket being organised on communal and racial lines. ‘The Hindus’ brilliant victory was due more to the judicious and bold step of the Hindu Gymkhana in appointing Mr. Vithal, brother of Mr. Baloo – premier bowler of India – who is a member of the Untouchable Class to captain the Hindu team. The moral that can be safely drawn from the Hindus’ magnificent victory is that removal of Untouchability would lead to swaraj – which is the prophecy of the Mahatma.
Both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
This history of gymkhana cricket led to first-class cricket being organised on communal and racial lines. ‘The Hindus’ brilliant victory was due more to the judicious and bold step of the Hindu Gymkhana in appointing Mr. Vithal, brother of Mr. Baloo – premier bowler of India – who is a member of the Untouchable Class to captain the Hindu team. The moral that can be safely drawn from the Hindus’ magnificent victory is that removal of Untouchability would lead to swaraj – which is the prophecy of the Mahatma.
