Sachin Tendulkar quiz

Sachin Tendulkar cricket quiz

  Sachin Tendulkar has been playing cricket since 1989 and crossed many mile stones in his glittering career. Outlook magazine published a special issue on this Cricket legend on the occasion of scoring 50th test century.  Quiz questions on Sachin and Cricket:   1. Sachin Tendulkar scored just one test century on Pakistan soil. Where did he score that century?  Ans: In Multan against Pakistan in 2004  2. Where Sachin scored maximum number of centuries in India?  Ans: Vidarbha Cricket Association stadium in Nagpur. Sachin scored 5 centuries at Nagpur in his favourite ground. Tendulkar scored 4 centuries in Chennai and 3 centuries at Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad. Sachin scored 5 centuries in Colombo (Sri Lanka).  3. Which batsman scored a triple century and never played a test match again?  Ans: Andrew Sandham (England). He scored 325 against the West Indies in 1929-30 series but never played test match again!!!  4. Sachin Tendulkar played first International Cricket match (debut) on?  Ans: Against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989. Srikanth was captain and Chandu borde was manager of Indian cricket team.  5. Who was the youngest Indian to score fastest 1000 runs in test cricket before Sachin Tendulkar?  Ans: Kapil Dev  6. How many triple centuries Sachin scored in test cricket?  Answer: Zero  7. Where Tendulkar played first International One Day Cricket match?  Ans: Against Pakistan in Gujranwala (December, 1989). Sachin scored zero runs in that match.  8. Who was the youngest cricketer to play International … [Read more...]

11 General knowledge questions

  11 Quiz questions & answers:  1. How many times word "Jihad" appears in Quran?  2. When was popular Twitter website launched?  3. National song "Jana Gana Mana" was first sung at?  4. In India, where was first Cholera epidemic reported?  5. Sachin Tendulkar scored his first test century against which country?  6. Who made this sensational statement on media during emergency "Those who were asked to bend were ready to crawl"?  7. Who is the first Indian golfer to win a tournament on US PGA tour?  8. What is the Chennai-Vijayawada-Kolkata highway number?  9. Who is the first Indian to ski to South Pole?  10. Who is the first Indian to be appointed as the Dean of the Harward Business School?  11. Mobile Number Portability (MVP) was first deployed in which Indian state?   Quiz answers:  1. 44  2. July 15, 2006  3. At Kolkata Congress meeting on December 27, 1911. It became National song on January 24, 1950  4. Bengal in 1816  5. Against England in Manchester on August 14, 1990. Sachin is the only cricketer to score a double century in One day cricket.  6. L.K. Advani  7. Arjun Atwal  8. NH 16. It was NH5 previously  9. Reena Kaushal Dharmaskahtu  10. Nitin Nohria  11. Haryana  Word of the day: Rapprochement – an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations (Source: Oxford online)   … [Read more...]