The Story of Cricket Class 7 English Question Answer

 The Story of Cricket   Class 7 English 

  A.     Tick  the correct answer.

1. The shape of the cricket bat changed when 

(a) bats came to be made in industrial houses. 

(b) bars started being made of a single piece of willow. 

(c) the bowlers started pitching the ball through the air. 

(d) the batsmen started making their own bars. 

Answer: (c) the bowlers started pitching the ball through the air. 

2. Cricket matches are played over five days as the game began 

(a) in villages where people had no work

 (b) before the Industrial Revolution.

 (c) when people were paid by the hour to play 

(d) when there was no other game to be played. 

Answer: before the Industrial Revolution.

3. The first people in India to play cricket were 

(a) the people from the Indian Army.

 (b) the people belonging to Kolkata.

 (c) the Parsi community. 

(d) the people who lived in Bombay.

Answer: the Parsi Community. 

 B. Answer the following questions. 

Q1. What was the original shape of the cricket bats? When and why was it changed? 

Ans. The original shape of the cricket bats were same as hockey sticks, curved outwards at the bottom. The shape of bats were changed after the middle century as the bowlers started pitching the ball through the air 

02. Though the length of the pitch is specified - 22 yards the size and the shape of the ground is not. Give reasons.

 Ans. The size and shape of the ground is not specified as cricket was originally played on country commons, unfenced and that was public property. The size of the commons varied from one village to another. 

Q3. Why were cricket bat and ball made of only natural materials? 

Ans. Since cricket originated in villages and was a pre-industrial sport, its most important toots (bat and ball) are made of only natural materials. 

Q4. How did cricket come to India? 

Ans. Cricket was brought to India by the English sailors. They played recreational Cricket in Cambay. Latter, Indians also founded cricket clubs of their own. 

C. Think and answer.

 1. What was the attitude of the British toward the Parsi cricket players? Give evidence from the text to support your answer. 

Ans. British offered no help to the Parsi cricket players, they were prejudiced in favour of their white compatriots. They showed some antagonist feelings towards parsi cricketers, as there was a quarrel between the Bombay gymkhana, a whites only club and parsi cricketers over the use of a public park. 

2. What do you learn about Anglo Indian relations through the history of cricket in India? 

Ans. The history of cricket of India shows that India was a colonized country under British who treated Indians in a subordinate way. British were prejudiced in favour of their white compatriots. They considered Indians lowly. This antagonism proved as a blessing in disguise for Indians.They built their own Gymkhanas and cricket clubs.