This Sports GK quiz on Cricket World Cups and Trophies puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
12 questions with answers and explanations
Which team won the first Cricket World Cup, held in 1975?
The first World Cup was played in England in 1975 over 60 overs an innings, and West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's under Clive Lloyd.
Read the full explanation →India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup final at which ground?
India beat West Indies in the final on 25 June 1983 at Lord's in London, defending a total of 183 and winning by 43 runs; Mohinder Amarnath was named player of the match and Kapil Dev was the captain who received the trophy on the famous balcony.
Read the full explanation →Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
India beat Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, and Dhoni, who finished the chase himself, was named player of the match; Yuvraj Singh was player of the tournament.
Read the full explanation →The 1987 Cricket World Cup, the first held outside England, was hosted by
The 1987 tournament, sponsored as the Reliance Cup, was the first taken away from England and the first in which an innings was cut from 60 overs to 50, the length used ever since.
Read the full explanation →England were declared champions of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on the basis of
England and New Zealand finished level after fifty overs each at Lord's, and the Super Over that followed was tied as well.
Read the full explanation →Which country has won the men's ODI Cricket World Cup the greatest number of times?
Australia has won the one-day World Cup six times, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023, and its run of three in a row between 1999 and 2007 is unmatched.
Read the full explanation →Which team won the first men's T20 World Cup, held in 2007?
The first men's T20 World Cup was staged in South Africa in 2007, and India beat Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg under M. S. Dhoni, a match remembered for its last over.
Read the full explanation →The Ranji Trophy, India's national first-class championship, is named after
The tournament began in the 1934-35 season and Bombay won that first edition; Mumbai has remained by far its most successful team.
Read the full explanation →The Irani Cup in Indian domestic cricket is played between
The Irani Cup is a single first-class match, usually played at the start of the season, in which the reigning Ranji champion meets a Rest of India side drawn from the rest of the country.
Read the full explanation →Kapil Dev's unbeaten 175 in the 1983 World Cup, made at Tunbridge Wells, came against which team?
India had slipped to 17 for 5 when Kapil Dev came in and made 175 not out at Tunbridge Wells, taking the side to 266 and a win that kept the campaign alive.
Read the full explanation →Who took the first hat-trick in the history of the Cricket World Cup?
No bowler had managed a hat-trick in the four earlier editions, so the record stands as the first of its kind in the tournament.
Read the full explanation →Which trophy is contested as India's domestic Twenty20 championship?
It is the inter-state Twenty20 tournament run by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and is named after the batsman who scored the first century by an Indian in a Test abroad.
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