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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English<\/a><\/p>\n

The Story of Cricket NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10<\/h2>\n

The Story of Cricket NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

The Story of Cricket Comprehension check-I<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nCricket is originally a\/an
\ni. Indian game.
\nii. British game.
\niii. international game.
\nMark the right answer.
\nAnswer:
\nii. British game.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\n\u201cThere is a historical reason behind both these oddities. \u201d In the preceding two paragraphs, find two words\/phrases that mean the same as \u2018oddities \u2019.
\nAnswer:
\nThe two words\/phrases that mean the same as \u2018oddities\u2019 are \u2018peculiarities\u2019 and \u2018curious characteristic\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Question 3.
\nHow is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?
\nAnswer:
\nHockey-sticks curve outwards at the bottom, and till the early eighteenth century, this was the case with bats as well. However, later, the curved bat was replaced with the straight one. A bat is relatively thicker than a hockey stick and does not curve at the bottom. It is also wider than a hockey stick. A bat comprises of two parts\u2014the blade and the handle.<\/p>\n

The Story of Cricket Comprehension check-II<\/strong><\/p>\n

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence. True<\/li>\n
  2. The colonizers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket. True<\/li>\n
  3. Palwankar Baloo was India s first Test captain. False<\/li>\n
  4. Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation. False<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Story of Cricket Comprehension check-III<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nA \u2018professional\u2019 cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket. Find the opposite of \u2018professional \u2019 in the last paragraph.
    \nAnswer:
    \nAmateur<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nIn \u201cthe triumph of the one-day game\u201d, \u2018triumph\u2019means the one-day game\u2019s
    \ni. superiority to Test cricket.
    \nii. inferiority to Test cricket.
    \niii. achievement and success over Test cricket.
    \niv. popularity among viewers.
    \nMark the right answer.
    \nAnswer:
    \niv. popularity among viewers.<\/p>\n

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    Question 3.
    \n\u201c…the men for whom the world is a stage \u201d.
    \ni. It refers to the famous cricket fields in the world.
    \nii. It means that there are many cricket playing countries in the world.
    \niii. 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.
    \nMark the right answer.
    \nAnswer:
    \niii. 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.<\/p>\n

    The Story of Cricket Working with the text<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nName some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
    \nAnswer:
    \nSome stick-and-ball games that I know of include hockey, baseball, cricket and polo.<\/p>\n

    Question 2.
    \nThe Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket because they were brought into close contact with the British because of their interest in trade and were also the first Indian community to westernize. They founded the first Indian cricket club, the Oriental Cricket Club, in Bombay in 1848.<\/p>\n

    Question 3.
    \nThe rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does \u2018a happy ending\u2019refer to?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe happy ending referred to here is that the Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana at cricket in 1889, just four years after the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885, an organisation that was lucky to have amongst its early leaders the great Parsi statesman and intellectual Dadabhai Naoroji.<\/p>\n

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    Question 4.
    \nDo you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your answer.
    \nAnswer:
    \nYes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. It expanded the audience for the game by beaming cricket into small towns and villages. It also broadened cricket social base.<\/p>\n

    Children who had never previously had the chance to watch international cricket because they lived outside the big cities, could now watch and learn by imitating their heroes. The technology of satellite television and the world-wide reach of multi-national television companies created a global market for cricket.<\/p>\n

    Question 5.
    \nWhy has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIndia has the largest viewership for the game amongst the cricket-playing nations because the game enjoys a lot of prestige and honour. It is one game that brings the people of all regions together. It is a uniting factor, in that sense. Cricket is hugely popular in India and is played at grassroot level.<\/p>\n

    Besides, there have been countless stories of cricketers who have come from poor backgrounds but have made a name for themselves in the field of cricket. It is not the same in countries like Russia and China, where other sports are more popular than cricket.<\/p>\n

    Question 6.
    \nWhat do you understand by the game\u2019s (cricket) \u2018equipment \u2019?
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe equipment needed to play cricket include a bat, a ball, gloves, helmets, stumps and pads. Cricket\u2019s most important tools are all made of natural, preindustrial materials. The bat is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today both bat and ball are handmade, not industrially manufactured. The material of the bat changed slightly over time.<\/p>\n

    Once it was cut out of a single piece of wood. Now it consists of two pieces, the blade which is made out of the wood of the willow tree and the handle which is made out of cane. The gloves and pads are made of vulcanized rubber, and the helmets are made out of metal and synthetic lightweight materials.<\/p>\n

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    Question 7.
    \nHow is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?
    \nAnswer:
    \nTest cricket is a unique game in many ways because a test match can go on for five days and still end in a draw. No other modem team sport takes even half as much time to complete.<\/p>\n

    Question 8.
    \nHow is cricket different from other team games?
    \nAnswer:
    \nA cricket match is different from other team games because a match can take five days to be completed, and still end in a draw. No other modem team sport takes even half as much time to complete. A football match is generally over in an hour-and-a-half. Even baseball completes nine innings in less than half the time that it takes to play a limited-overs match.<\/p>\n

    Another curious characteristic of cricket is that the length of the pitch is specified \u2014 22 yards \u2014 but the size or shape of the ground is not. Most other team sports, such as, hockey and football lay down the dimensions of the playing area. Cricket does not. Grounds can be oval or nearly circular. This is not the case in other sports, where the size and shape of a ground is always fixed.<\/p>\n

    Question 9.
    \nHow have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
    \nAnswer:
    \nIn the matter of protective equipment, cricket has been influenced by technological change. The invention of vulcanized rubber led to the introduction of pads in 1848 and protective gloves soon afterwards. The modem game would be unimaginable without helmets made out of metal and synthetic lightweight materials.<\/p>\n

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    Question 10.
    \nExplain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained unchanged in some ways.
    \nAnswer:
    \nAs far as the rules are concerned, a lot of changes have characterized cricket. The bats used to be shaped like a hockey stick, and players used to bowl underarm. It is no longer an elite sport that it started out to be. However, we can say that in many ways it has also remained unchanged. The cricket equipment has not undergone a lot of change. Cricket\u2019s most important tools are still made of natural, pre-industrial materials. The bat is made with leather, twine and cork. Even today, both bat and ball are handmade, not industrially manufactured. Unlike golf and tennis, cricket has refused to remake its tools with industrial or man-made materials such as plastic, fibreglass and metal.<\/p>\n

    However, in the matter of protective equipment, cricket has been influenced by technological change. The invention of vulcanized rubbber led to the introduction of pads in 1848 and protective gloves soon afterwards. The modem game is unimaginable without helmets made out of metal and synthetic lightweight materials.<\/p>\n

    The Story of Cricket Working with language<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Question 1.
    \nWord search<\/p>\n