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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10 - The Story of Cricket

This document provides comprehension questions and exercises about Chapter 10 of Class 7 English textbook - "The Story of Cricket". It tests the reader's understanding of key details about the origins and development of cricket. Questions cover topics like how cricket originated in Britain, the role of the Parsi community in India, and how technology and television have impacted the game. Exercises ask the reader to think about similarities and differences between cricket and other sports, and how cricket has both changed and remained the same over time.

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NCERT Solutions For Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10 - The Story of Cricket

This document provides comprehension questions and exercises about Chapter 10 of Class 7 English textbook - "The Story of Cricket". It tests the reader's understanding of key details about the origins and development of cricket. Questions cover topics like how cricket originated in Britain, the role of the Parsi community in India, and how technology and television have impacted the game. Exercises ask the reader to think about similarities and differences between cricket and other sports, and how cricket has both changed and remained the same over time.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 7

English
Chapter 10 – The Story of Cricket

Comprehension Check

1. Cricket is originally a/an

(i) Indian game.

(ii) British game.


(iii) International game.

Mark the right answer.


Ans: (ii) is correct. Cricket is originally a British game.

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’.
Ans: The words- Peculiarities and Curious characteristics mean the same as
‘oddities’.

3. How is a cricket bat different from a hockey stick?


Ans: A cricket bat used to be similar to a hockey stick earlier, with only slight
differences. But now, a single piece of wood is used to make a hockey stick and it is
curved at the bottom while a cricket bat is made up of two pieces, the blade and the
handle and is flat and straight.

Comprehension Check

Write True or False against each of the following sentences.

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(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence.
Ans: True

(ii) The colonizers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket.
Ans: True

(iii) Palwankar Baloo was India’s first Test captain.


Ans: False

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation.
Ans: False

Comprehension Check

1. A ‘professional’ cricket player is one who makes a living by playing cricket.


Find the opposite of ‘professional’ in the last paragraph.
Ans: The opposite of ‘professional’ is ‘Amateur ‘.

2. 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.


Ans: (iv) popularity among viewers.

3. “...the men for whom the world is a stage”.

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(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 has enacted the world over.

Mark the right answer.


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

Working with the Text

1. Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.
Ans: Some stick-and-ball games I have heard of are Hockey, Cricket, Baseball, Polo,
and Billiards.

2. The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?
Ans: The Parsis were the first Indian community to take up cricket, owing to their
close ties with the British through their mutual interest in trade. As a result, they
were the first Indian communities to become westernised.

3. The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy
ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?
Ans: The victory in a cricket match played in 1889 is referred to as the "happy
ending." The Parsi team defeated the Bombay Gymkhana in this match, making the
Parsi community happy.

4. Do you think cricket owes its present popularity to television? Justify your
answer.

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Ans: Yes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. Television widened its
reach and added an array of spectators as through television cricket reached each and
every home and became popular in different countries all over the world. Television
also enabled the small towns and villages to view cricket through the local
broadcasting services.

5. Why does cricket have a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?
Ans: Cricket is a sport that became popular in the colonial countries of the British
empire. Since India was a part of the British empire and China or Russia was not so,
cricket gained large viewership in India compared to China or Russia. Moreover,
television also contributed to its popularity in India.

6. What do you understand about the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment?


Ans: ‘Equipment’ refers to those things which are required for playing the game and
without which playing won’t be possible. For example- in cricket, the ‘equipment’
is ball, bat, wicket, helmets, gloves, pads.

7. How is Test cricket a unique game in many ways?


Ans: Test cricket is a unique game due to its duration which is 5 long days. After
this much period also, it can end in a draw. No other modern team sport is half as
much long as it is. The other unique feature of the game is fixed pitch- length with
variation in the size and shape of the ground.

8. How is cricket different from other team games?


Ans: Cricket is different from other team games due to many reasons. First is the
duration of the game. No other game lasts as long as this. Secondly, it is played in
different formats like Test Cricket, One-day International and T-20 matches and
each game has different durations. Thirdly, a rather strange feature of Cricket is that
the playground can be of any size, only the length of the pitch is specified whereas
in other games the dimensions of the playing area is fixed.

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9. How have advances in technology affected the game of cricket?
Ans: Advances in technology have provided more protective equipment to the
players. Protective pads and gloves became possible due to the invention of
vulcanized rubber. The synthetic lightweight material along with metals has helped
the players to get better helmets. Technology has also helped in ensuring that fair
decisions are being taken during the game. Satellites have helped in making cricket
popular and has increased its viewership far and wide.

10. Explain how cricket changed with changing times and yet remained
unchanged in some ways.
Ans: Cricket has remained the same while evolving throughout time. With the
advancement of technology, cricket game equipment has improved and become
safer. Protective equipment constructed of synthetic lightweight material has been
worn by the players. Regardless, both the bat and the ball are still handcrafted and
not mass-produced. Although the bat now has a separate blade and handles, it was
once fashioned from a single piece. Modern cricket features several additional
formats, such as the T-20, yet the game's essential rules remain the same. Because
of motion sensor cameras, the game's popularity has skyrocketed, and choices have
become more equitable.

Working with Language

3. Wordsearch

● Twelve words associated with cricket are hidden in this grid.


● Six can be found horizontally and the remaining six vertically.

● Two words have been found for you.

Clues to the hidden words are given below.


Horizontal: six deliveries, four runs, attacked while out of arena, no result,
stumps, fielder to the off side of the wicketkeeper
Vertical: stumps flying, back to the pavilion, a lofty one, mid-air mishap, not
even one out of six, goes with bat

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Ans:

2. Add -ly to the italicized word in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence using
the new word. See the examples first.

● He runs between wickets as if his legs were stiff. He runs between wickets
stiffly.

● Why did the batsman swing the bat in such a violent manner? Why did the
batsman swing the bat so violently?

(i) It is obvious that the work has not been done in a proper way.
Ans: It is obvious that the work has not been done properly.

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(ii) He made the statement in a firm manner.
Ans: He made the statement firmly.

(iii) The job can be completed within a week in an easy way.


Ans: The job can be completed within a week easily.

(iv) You did not play in a serious manner, or else you would have won the match.
Ans: You did not play seriously, or else you would have won the match.

(v) She recited the poem in a cheerful manner.


Ans: She recited the poem cheerfully.

3. Use the following phrases appropriately in place of the italicized words in the
sentences given below.

as a matter of we had better see to it by accident as well


fact

(i) Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here without
planning.

Ans: Actually, I didn’t intend to come to your place. I reached here by accident.

(ii) Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me also.

Ans: Sunil, there’s a letter for you in today’s post. There’s one for me as well

(iii) Everybody thought I had composed the poem. The truth is my younger
sister did it.

Ans: Everybody thought I had composed the poem. As a matter of fact, my younger
sister did it.

(iv) The doctor told the patient to make sure that he took his pills on time.

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Ans: The doctor told the patient to see to it that he took his pills on time

(v) It will be better for us to plan our trip before setting out.

Ans: We had better plan our trip before setting out.

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