NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 10

Question – Answers of Class 7 English Reader book – Honeycomb Chapter 10 The Story of Cricket is given below to free use online or download in PDF. NCERT Solutions and Offline Apps 2022-23 based on these NCERT Solutions are available in updated form for new academic session 2022-2023.

I. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
Modern cricket is dominated by Tests and one-day internationals, played between national teams. The players who become famous, who live on in the memories of cricket’s public, are those who have played for their country. The players Indian fans remember even now are those who were fortunate enough to play Test cricket. C.K. Nayudu, an outstanding Indian batsman of his time, lives on in the popular imagination when some of his great contemporaries like Palwankar Vithal and Palwankar Baloo have been forgotten. Even though Nayudu was past his cricketing prime when he played for India in its first Test matches against England starting in 1932, his place in India’s cricket history is assured because he was the country’s first Test captain.
Questions:
1. Name the lesson and the writer.
2. Why is C.K. Nayudu still not forgotten?
3. Name two fellowmen of Nayudu who have been forgotten.
II. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
The origins of Indian cricket are to be found in Bombay and the first Indian community to start playing the game was the small community of Zoroastrians, the Parsis. Brought into close contact with the British because of their interest in trade and the first Indian community to westernise, the Parsis founded the first Indian cricket club, the Oriental Cricket Club, in Bombay in 1848. Parsi clubs were funded and sponsored by Parsi businessmen like the Tatas and the Wadias. The white cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis.
Questions:
1. Where was the Indian cricket played first?
2. Who funded and sponsored Parsi clubs?
3. What was the contribution of the white cricket elite in India towards Parsi clubs?
III. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOWS:
One hundred and fifty years ago the first Indian cricketers, the Parsis, had to struggle to find an open space to play in. Today, the global marketplace has made Indian players the best-paid, most famous cricketers in the game, men for whom the world is a stage. This transformation was made up of many smaller changes: the replacement of the gentlemanly amateur by the paid professional, the triumph of the one-day game as it overshadowed Test cricket in terms of popularity, and the remarkable changes in global commerce and technology.
Questions:
1. Which community had the first Indian cricketers?
2. Write two advantages the global market place has offered to the cricketers.
3. Which word in the passage means ‘non-professional’?

Comprehension Passage I – Answers
1. The name of the lesson is ‘The Story of Cricket’ and the writer is Ramachandra Guha.
2. C. K. Nayudu is still famous as he has been the country’s first Test captain.
3. Palwankar Vithal, Palwankar Baloo.
Comprehension Passage II – Answers
1. The Indian cricket was first played in Bombay.
2. Parsi clubs were funded and sponsored by Parsi businessmen like the Tatas and the Wadias.
3. The white cricket elite in India gave no contribution towards Parsi clubs.
Comprehension Passage III – Answers
1. The first Indian cricketers were the Paris.
2. (i). The global market has made Indian players the best-paid. (ii). The Indian players are most famous and the world is a stage for them.
3. Non-professional means ‘amateur’.