KBC Questions and Quiz, Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question: How many centuries in Tests did Sunil Gavaskar bag when he retired?

1. 23
   
2. 45
   
3. 34
   
4. 54
   

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He was also named as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1980.

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Question: Who was the first Indian batsman to have achieved 300 runs in an innings in Tests?

1. Sachin Tendulkar
   
2. Sourav Ganguly
   
3. Bishen Singh Bedi
   
4. Virender Sehwag
   

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India's first 300 which Sehwag bought up, characteristically with a six, was at Multan against Pakistan in early 2004.

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Question: Where did Mahendra Singh Dhoni make his ODI debut?

1. Chittagong
   
2. Dhaka
   
3. Hyderabad
   
4. Vishakapatnam
   

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He made his ODI debut at Chittagong on Dec 23, 2004. The match was between Bangladesh and India.

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Question: Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on Test debut against England at England's home?

1. Sachin Tendulkar
   
2. Abbas Ali Baig
   
3. Kapil Dev
   
4. Wassim Jaffer
   

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He had scored 12,367 runs in 235 matches in First Class Cricket with his highest being 224 not out.

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Question: Ajit Agarkar made his Test debut in 1998 as a bowler. How many wickets did he take in that match including both 1st and 2nd innings?

1. 2
   
2. 1
   
3. 5
   
4. 3
   

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Agarkar's entry into international cricket was with an avalanche of wickets that made him the fastest to 50 in ODIs.

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Question: Who was named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2000?

1. Rahul Dravid
   
2. Sourav Ganguly
   
3. Sachin Tendulkar
   
4. Yuvraj Singh
   

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Rahul Dravid was nicknamed, 'The Wall'.

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Question: How many wickets Kapil Dev had taken in Test matches when he retired?

1. 450
   
2. 430
   
3. 435
   
4. 434
   

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Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India had produced, and their greatest fast-bowling all-rounder.

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Question: Which batsman started his international cricketing career at the age of 16?

1. Suresh Raina
   
2. Sachin Tendulkar
   
3. Piyush Chawla
   
4. Rahul Dravid
   

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Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in Pakistan when he was only 16 in 1989.

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Question: Which foreign influence is seen in the rock cut architecture of India?

1. Arabic
   
2. Persian
   
3. Indo-European
   
4. Greek
   

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The Persian architecture makes use of abundant symbolic geometry, using pure forms such as the circle and square. Plans are often based on symmetrical layouts featuring rectangular courtyards and halls.

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Question: What does the word "ayurveda" literally mean?

1. Healthcare
   
2. Science of studying Indian medicines
   
3. Science of life
   
4. Curing diseases using Indian methods
   

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Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a comprehensive system of medicine, first described by Charaka around the beginning of the Common Era, and based on a holistic approach rooted in earlier Vedic culture.

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