Question - 2 : -
“There is a historical reason behind both these oddities.” In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words/phrases that mean the same as ‘oddities’.

Answer - 2 : -

Two words/phrases that mean the same as oddities are ‘peculiarities’ and ‘curious characteristic’.

Question - 3 : -
How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?

Answer - 3 : -

Till the middle of the eighteenth century, bats were roughly the same shape as hockey sticks, curving outwards at the bottom. However, later the curved bat was replaced with the straight one. A hockey stick is thin and curves at the bottom while a cricket bat is thicker, wider, and straight. Earlier it was cut out of a single piece of wood. Now it consists of two pieces − the blade and the handle.

Question - 4 : -
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 - 4 : -

(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.

Question - 5 : -
A ‘professional’ cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of ‘professional’ in the last paragraph.

Answer - 5 : -

The opposite of ‘professional’ is ‘amateur’.

Question - 6 : -
In “the triumph of the one-day game”, ‘triumph’ means the one-day game’s

(i) superiority to Test cricket.

(ii) inferiority to Test cricket.

(iii) achievement and success over Test cricket.

(iv) popularity among viewers.

Mark the right answer.

Answer - 6 : -

Here, ‘triumph’ means the one-day game’s popularity among viewers.

Question - 7 : -
“...the men for whom the world is a stage”.

(i) It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.

(ii) It means that there are many cricket playing countries in the world.

(iii) It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

Mark the right answer.

Answer - 7 : -

It implies that cricketers are like actors and every cricket ground is like a stage on which the drama of cricket is enacted the world over.

Question - 8 : -
Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.

Answer - 8 : -

Cricket, hockey, baseball, and polo are a few stick-and-ball games.

Question - 9 : -
The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?

Answer - 9 : -

The Parsis were brought into close contact with the British because of their interest in trade. Also, they were the first Indian community to westernise. Hence, they were the first Indian community to take to cricket.

Question - 10 : -
The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?

Answer - 10 : -

The ‘happy ending’ refers to the victory of a Parsi team over the Bombay Gymkhana in a game of cricket in 1889, just four years after the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.

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