Class 7th English Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket

Class 7th English Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
Name one cricket ground that is oval in shape.
Solution:
Adelaide Oval cricket ground is oval in shape.

Question 2:
Mention the year when the cricket rules were written for the first time
Solution:
Cricket rules were written for the first time in 1744.

Question 3:
State two changes that were seen in the game of cricket around 1780.
Solution:
By 1780, a Test match was played for average three days. It was also the period when the first six-seam cricket ball was created.

Question 4:
The game of cricket traces its origin from where?
Solution:
The game of cricket traces its origin from rural England.

Question 5:
Where and by which community cricket was initially played in India?
Solution:
Cricket was initially played in Bombay by the Parsi community.

Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
What are the changes the cricket bat has undergone with time?
Solution:

Initially the cricket bat was similar to the shape of hockey bat because the ball was bowled underarm. The bowlers then began to pitch the ball through the air rather than rolling it on ground. The curved bats were then replaced by the straight ones. Initially the bat was made by a single piece of wood. These days it consists of two pieces. The blade is made of willow wood while the handle is of cane.

Question 2:
CK Nayudu name is recorded in the history of cricket. What are. the reasons that make him a legend?
Solution:
CK Nayudu is revered because he was an outstanding batsman. He was one of the few initial Indian cricketers who got to play the test match cricket. Nayudu created history by becoming the first captain of the Indian Test team.

Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1:
During the 1760 and 1770s, it became common to pitch the ball through the air.
What changes it brought in to the game of cricket?
Solution:
Following the above mentioned trend, one immediate change was the replacement of the curved bats by the straight ones. The bowlers got the options of length, deception through air and increased pace because of this. It opened new possibilities for spin and swing bowling. In response
to tricks applied by the bowlers, the batsmen had to improve their timings and shot selection.

Question 2:
Explain elaborately India’s dominance in the world cricket today.
Solution:
India has the largest viewership for the game of cricket among all the test playing nations. It is also the largest market in the cricketing world. It has made the centre of gravity to shift towards South Asia from the country it originated.
The ICC headquarters too were shifted from London to Dubai where it is tax-free. The Indian cricket players are the best paid in the international cricket. They are famous and have got millions of supporters.

Extract Based Questions

Extract 1

Directions: (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
Cricket does not. Ground can be oval like the
Adelaide Oval or nearby circular like Chepauk in
Chennai. A six at the Melbourne Cricket ground
need to clear much more ground than it does at
Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi.

Question 1:
What does the sentence ‘Cricket does not’ refers to?
Solution:
It refers that there is no specification in cricket for the size and the shape of the ground.

Question 2:
Explain the phrase ‘nearby circular’.
Solution:
It means that the Chepauk stadium in Chennai is not completely, but almost like the shape of a circle.

Question 3:
What are two shapes that a cricket ground can be of?
Solution:
A cricket ground can be almost oval or circular.

Question 4:
A six at the Melbourne Cricket ground need to clear much more ground than it does at Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. This means that
(a) Feroz Shah Kotla and Melbourne cricket ground are of same size.
(b) Melbourne cricket ground is larger than Feroz Shah Kotla
(c) Feroz Shah Kotla is larger than Melbourne cricket ground
(d) None of the above
Solution:
(b) Melbourne cricket ground is larger than Feroz Shah Kotla.

Question 5:
‘A six’ in the above lines mean
(a) a ball touching the boundary
(b) ball crossing the boundary without touching it
(c) four runs
(d) a boundary
Solution:
(b) ball crossing the boundary without touching it.

Question 6:
What is Chepauk?
(a) Cricket stadium
(b) Cricket ground
(c) An almost circular stadium
(d) All of the above
Solution:
(d) All of the above

Extract 2

Directions: (Q. Nos. 1-6) Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
If you look at the game’s equipment, you can see
how cricket both changed with changing times and yet
fundamentally remained true to its origin in rural
England. Cricket’s most important tools are all made
up of natural, pre-industrial materials.

Question 1:
Mention one protective equipment used in the game of cricket.
Solution:
Helmet

Question 2:
Write one important tool used in the game of cricket.
Solution:
Bat

Question 3:
Name the materials through which the cricket’s important tools made up of.
Solution:
Cricket’s most important tools are made up of natural and pre-industrial materials.

Question 4:
What has its origin in rural England?
(a) Equipment used in the game of cricket
(b) Most important tool used in game of cricket
(c) Game of cricket
(d) None of the above
Solution:
(c) Game of cricket

Question 5:
Pre-industrial materials refer to
(a) synthetic materials
(b) natural products
(c) materials that have been in use before the industrial evolution
(d) vulcanised rubber
Solution:
(c) materials that have been in use before the industrial evolution

Question 6:
Find one word from the above lines that means ‘from beginning’
(a) Remained
(b) Pre-industrial
(c) Origin
(d) Rural
Solution:
(c) Origin