7th Class English Sample Paper English Olympiad Model Test Paper-11

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    Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: Medium pacer Sandeep Warrier picked up three wickets, while opener Unmukt Chand struck a patient half-century as India's Under-23 team got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan by three wickets in a limited overs Group 'A' match of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup, in Singapore. Chasing 192 for victory, Indians got off to a fine start with Under-19 World Cup winning skipper Chand(61) and Lokesh Rahul (46) providing the team a solid platform. Chand and Rahul shared an 84run stand for the opening wicket. And despite the middle-order batsmen not contributing handsomely, India could sail home with 13 balls to spare at Kallang Ground. Apart from the duo, India skipper Surya kumar Yadav also made a useful contribution with 23runs after Pakistan's left-arm spinner Raza Hasan picked up three wickets to take the contest to the closing stages. Opting to field after winning toss, the Indian pace duo of Sandeep Sharma and Warrier proved their  captain's decision right by exposing Pakistan's frail batting line-up. Both displayed an incisive spell of fast bowling to slice through the opposition to porder line-up, reducing Pakistan to 22 for three inside 10 overs. It was then "left to Umar Waheed (46) and Usman Salahuddin (61) to steady the rapidly sinking ship and provide some stability to the innings. The pair added 85 runs for the fourth wicket to take the team's total past 100-run mark before left-arm spinner Akshar Patel broke the stand by scalping Waheed. Pakistan never recovered from the loss and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals before Salahuddin also ran out of his patience and was caught by Baba Aparajith at covers off Warrier in the 47th over of the innings. His 61 of 105-ball was studded with just two hits to the fence. While Warrier finished with a brilliant figures of three for 32 from his nine overs, Sharma chipped in with two wickets for 39.In the ACC Emerging Teams Cup tournament, India was placed in Group A along with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal. Group B comprised of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Singapore. The matches were played at Kallang Cricket Ground and Singapore Cricket Ground from August 17-25, 2013. In India-Pakistan match of ACC Emerging Teams Cup tournament of August 2013,
    Who was the captain of Indian team?

    A) Unmukt Chand

    B) Suryakumar Yadav

    C) Akshar Patel

    D) Sandeep Sharma

    E) None of these

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    [b] Not Available


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