At which ground was the first double century in one day international cricket scored?
- A.Holkar Stadium, Indore
- B.Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
- C.Nehru Stadium, Indore
- D.Tatya Tope Stadium, Bhopal
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Captain Roop Singh Stadium at Gwalior. Sachin Tendulkar scored two hundred not out against South Africa there on 24 February 2010, the first double century in the history of one day international cricket, and the ground is named after Captain Roop Singh, the hockey player of Gwalior who won Olympic gold with India in 1932 and 1936.
Option A, the Holkar Stadium at Indore, is the state’s leading cricket ground today and has held Test and one day matches, so it is the common wrong answer. Option C, the Nehru Stadium at Indore, is the older ground of the same city where earlier internationals were played. Option D, the Tatya Tope Stadium at Bhopal, is a multipurpose arena of the capital and not an international cricket venue. Two facts of one ground, the hockey player it is named after and the double century of 2010, are asked in both forms.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich game was declared the state sport of Madhya Pradesh in 2013?
- A.Kabaddi
- B.Mallakhamb
- C.Hockey
- D.Kho kho
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The old gymnastic art in which the performer does poses on a fixed wooden pole, a hanging pole or a rope was declared the state sport of Madhya Pradesh in 2013, and the state trains players in it through schools and academies.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest sports award given by the Madhya Pradesh government?
- A.Eklavya Award
- B.Vishwamitra Award
- C.Vikram Award
- D.Shikhar Samman
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It is the highest sports honour of Madhya Pradesh and is given to outstanding senior sportspersons of the state, usually for performance at the national and international level in the preceding year.
Read the full explanation →The Eklavya Award of Madhya Pradesh is given to sportspersons of which group?
- A.Players below the age of nineteen
- B.Coaches of national teams
- C.Players who have retired from sport
- D.Sports journalists of the state
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The Eklavya Award is the junior sports honour of Madhya Pradesh and is given each year to young sportspersons under nineteen who have done well at the national level, the name recalling the young archer of the Mahabharata who taught himself.
Read the full explanation →The Vishwamitra Award of the Madhya Pradesh government is given to which group?
- A.Sports coaches
- B.Para athletes
- C.School sports teachers only
- D.Sports administrators of federations
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The Vishwamitra Award honours coaches of Madhya Pradesh whose trainees have won medals at the national or international level, and the name is taken from Vishwamitra, the teacher of Rama, which fits an award for teaching rather than for playing.
Read the full explanation →The Kalidas Samman, instituted by the Madhya Pradesh government in 1980, is given by rotation in which fields?
- A.Science, mathematics, medicine and engineering
- B.Classical music, classical dance, theatre and plastic arts
- C.Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and tribal literature
- D.Journalism, cinema, photography and advertising
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The Kalidas Samman, instituted in 1980, moves between these four fields from year to year, the plastic arts covering painting and sculpture, and it belongs with the Kalidas Samaroh held at Ujjain, the city connected with the poet Kalidas.
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