Question

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence. ________________

(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket. _________

(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India’s first Test captain. ___________

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation. ___________

Answer 1

(i) True

(ii) True

(iii) False

C.K. Nayudu was India’s first Test captain.

(iv) False

When it played its first Test, Australia was not a sovereign nation. It was still a white-settler colony.