The Green Park cricket stadium, the oldest international cricket ground of Uttar Pradesh, is situated in
- A.Lucknow
- B.Kanpur
- C.Agra
- D.Noida
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kanpur. Green Park stands on the bank of the Ganga at Kanpur and has staged Test cricket since 1952, which makes it the oldest international ground in the state and also the home ground of the state cricket association. Option A is wrong because Lucknow has the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium and the Ekana cricket stadium at Gomti Nagar, not Green Park, and the two cities are the pair most often exchanged in this question. Option C is wrong because Agra, for all its monuments, has no international cricket venue of this standing. Option D is wrong because Noida and Greater Noida are known for the Buddh International Circuit, the motor racing venue that held the Indian Grand Prix. Remember the trio: Green Park with Kanpur, Ekana with Lucknow and the Buddh circuit with Greater Noida.
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- B.Varanasi
- C.Meerut
- D.Barabanki
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- A.14 August
- B.29 August
- C.2 October
- D.7 April
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- A.Major Dhyan Chand
- B.K. D. Singh Babu
- C.Milkha Singh
- D.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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- A.Kanpur
- B.Varanasi
- C.Lucknow
- D.Gorakhpur
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- A.Ghaziabad
- B.Gautam Buddh Nagar
- C.Meerut
- D.Mathura
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The circuit was built at Greater Noida, which lies in the Gautam Buddh Nagar district next to Delhi, and it held the Indian Grand Prix in 2011, 2012 and 2013, the first of them won by Sebastian Vettel.
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