CBSE Class 7 English Honeycomb The Story Of A Cricket Notes

CBSE Class 7 English Honeycomb-The Story Of A Cricket. Learning the important concepts is very important for every student to get better marks in examinations. The concepts should be clear which will help in faster learning. The attached concepts made as per NCERT and CBSE pattern will help the student to understand the chapter and score better marks in the examinations.

CHAPTER-10 THE STORY OF A CRICKET

Comprehension Check

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

Answer- hockey stick is made of single piece of wood and curved at bottom while cricket bat is flat and straight and made up of two pieces, the blade and the handle.

Working with the Text

1. Name some stick-and-ball games that you have witnessed or heard of.

Answer- Hockey, Cricket, Baseball, Polo, Billiards are the few games.

2. The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket. Why?

Answer- The Parsis were the first Indian community to take to cricket as they were in close contact with the British because of their interest in trade.

3. The rivalry between the Parsis and the Bombay Gymkhana had a happy ending for the former. What does ‘a happy ending’ refer to?

Answer- The 'happy ending' refers to the victory of a Parsis team over the Bombay Gymkhana in a game of cricket in 1889, just four years after the foundation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.

4. Why has cricket a large viewership in India, not in China or Russia?

Answer- Cricket is popular mostly in the colonial countries of British empire not the sovereign countries. India was only the part of the British empire not the China or Russia.

5. What do you understand by the game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’?

Answer- The things which are necessary for playing the game are game’s (cricket) ‘equipment’. Like in cricket, ball, bat, wicket, helmets, gloves, pads are the requires things to play the match.

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

Answer- Test Game is Unique in the sense that even though it is played for five days, It ends in a draw. No other modern team sport takes even half as much time to complete.

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