West Bengal Primary Board India Superpower in Cricket Question Answers Class 5 Lesson 1 | Activity Solution
India Superpower in Cricket
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ACTIVITY 1
Let’s complete the following sentences:
Answer –
(a) India is now a superpower in cricket.
(b) India’s first World Cup victory was in the year 1983.
(c) Thousands of people came to watch the ’83 final.
(d) There is a gap of four years between any two World Cup tournaments.
ACTIVITY 2
Let’s write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for false statements.
Answer -
(1) India has improved in cricket over the years. [T]
(2) Rahul’s father does not like sports and games. [F]
(3) India won the first World Cup in the ’80s. [F]
(4) In 1983 the World Cup matches were played in England. [T]
ACTIVITY 3
Answer the questions:
(a) Which team won the toss?
Answer - West Indies won the toss.
(b) Who was the highest scorer for India in the match?
Answer - Krishnamachari Srikkanth was the highest scorer for India in the match.
(c) What was India’s total score in the match?
Answer - India’s total score was 183 runs in the match.
(d) Which was the invincible cricket team before 1983?
Answer - West Indies was the invincible cricket team before 1983.
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ACTIVITY 4
Provide information from the passage.
Answer -
(1) The four fast bowlers of West Indies: Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, and Michael Holding.
(2) Three Indian batsmen who hit sixes: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Sandeep Patil, and Madan Lal.
(3) Factors that the Indian bowlers utilized: the weather and pitch conditions.
(4) Two Indian bowlers who took three wickets each: Mahinder Amarnath and Madan Lal.
ACTIVITY 5
Let’s match Table A with Table B:
Answer -
| TABLE A | TABLE B |
| 1. West Indies | 43 runs (4) |
| 2. Sandip Patil | bowled first (1) |
| 3. West Indies played for | 52 overs (3) |
| 4. India won by | played 29 balls (2) |
ACTIVITY 6
Insert suitable punctuation marks in the following passage.
Answer - One day a man went to the market (.) He bought a box (,) a bat (,) a ball and a pen from the market. His bag became heavy (.) Do you know what he did then (?)
Answer - He said to a horse (,) (“) Please share my load (,) It is too heavy for me (.) (”) The horse replied (,) (“) It is your load (,) don’t ask me to share it (.) (”)
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ACTIVITY 7
Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
[Stunned, resistance, lifted, weather, popularity]
Answer -
(1) The captain lifted the trophy after winning the tournament.
(2) Sourav Ganguly has great popularityall over India.
(3) The weather in England is sometimes dark and gloomy.
(4) Our batsmen put up a brave resistanceagainst the opponents.
(5) The footballer stunned the audience by his skill.
ACTIVITY 8
Rearrange the sentences to show the sequence of action by putting numbers in the brackets.
Answer -
(1) India scored 183 runs. (4)
(2) The final was played at Lords’. (1)
(3) India won by 43 runs. (6)
(4) West Indies could score only 140 runs. (5)
(5) West Indies won the toss. (2)
(6) India batted first. (3)
(7) Amarnath was declared the Man of the Match. (7)
ACTIVITY 9
Let’s fill in the blanks with the words given in the box:
[who, when, what, where]
Answer -
(1) When do you play with your friends?
I play with my friends in the afternoon
(2) Who is your best friend?
Ramen is my best friend.
(3) Where will you go in the summer vacation?
We shall go to Darjeeling in the summer vacation.
(4) What did you have as your tiffin?
I had bread as my tiffin.
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ACTIVITY 10
Let’s separate the subject and predicate in the following sentences and classify them in the table given below:
(1) The boy plays in the field.
(2) He is very happy today.
(3) The girl stood first this year.
(4) A tree is our best friend.
(5) The moon revolves round the earth.
Answer -
| SUBJECT | PREDICATE |
| The boy | plays in the field. |
| He | is very happy today. |
| The girl | stood first this year. |
| A tree | is our best friend. |
| The moon | revolves round the earth. |
ACTIVITY 11
Let’s write ‘a’ or ‘an’ before the words:
Answer -
(1) An orange
(2) A goat
(3) A man
(4) An ice-cream
(5) An airship
(6) A lake
(7) An umbrella
(8) A cricketer
ACTIVITY 12
Use ‘the’ with the following words or word-clusters and make sentences:
[Sun, Indian Ocean, eldest son, Indian cricket team]
Answer -
Sun – The sun was now high in the southern sky.
Indian Ocean – The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world.
Eldest son – Jack is the eldest son of the king.
Indian cricket team – Virat Kohli is the captain of the Indian cricket team.
India Superpower in Cricket Question Answers
ACTIVITY 13
Let’s fill in the blanks with suitable articles:
Answer -
India won the Cricket World Cup once again in 2011. It was amoment of great triumph and anevent of great inspiration to theyouth of India. The members of team India were hailed as national heroes.
ACTIVITY 14
Amarnath was awarded the Man of the Match for his all-round performance.
Let’s write four sentences to describe his heroics:
Answer -
1. Amarnath took 3 wickets.
2. Amarnath played a vital role in India’s win.
3. He gave just 12 runs from his seven overs of bowling.
4. Mahinder Amarnath scores 26 runs from 80 balls.
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