Question

Write True or False against each of the following sentences. 

(i) India joined the world of Test cricket before Independence. ________________ 

(ii) The colonisers did nothing to encourage the Parsis in playing cricket. _________ 

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

(iv) Australia played its first Test against England as a sovereign nation. ___________

Answer 1

(i) True 

(ii) True 

(iii) False 

C.K. Nayudu was India’s first Test captain. 

(iv) False 

When it played its first Test, Australia was not a sovereign nation. It was still a white­settler colony.