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Cricket was said to represent……….
а) English values of fair play and discipline
b) English racial superiority
c) English sense of enterprise
d) English sportsmen spirit

a

Cricket in 19th century India was linked to……
a) politics of colonialism
b) politics of nationalism
c) Civilising mission of the British
d) colonialism and nationalism

d

Cricket grew out of…………
a) hockey                                             
b) volleyball
c) stick and ball games     
d) baseball

c

Early cricket bats were shaped like…….
a) hockey sticks                  
b) flat sticks
c) rackets                                              
d) 
curved outwards

a

First written laws of cricket were in……..
a) 1374                                 
b) 1547
c) 1774                                 
d) 1744

d

Where and when was the world's first cricket club formed?
a) Hambledon 1760s        
b) 
Marylebone 1760s
c) London 1670s                
d) 
Melbourne 1760s

a