Q. Read the passages given below carefully. Thereafter questions are given, each with probable four answers (A), (B), (C) and (D). Choose the correct answer and darken the circle of the letter corresponding to that answer:
Football is the world’s most popular sport, and is played in every country in the world. The rules of soccer were laid down in Britain in the 1860s when the Football Association was formed to control the sport. It is really a simple game in which two teams of 11 players try to score by putting a ball into the opposing team’s goal-mouth.
Players control the ball with their feet or head, but they are not allowed to touch it with their arms and hands. Only the goalkeeper may handle the ball, and that too only inside the penalty area in front of his own goal-post.
- Players control the ball with their
(A) arms and hands
(B) hands and legs
(C) head and feet
(D) friends and viewers
- The goalkeeper can touch the ball with his hands
(A) anywhere in the field
(B) before the referee
(C) outside his penalty area
(D) inside his penalty area
- The most popular sport of the world is
(A) Volleyball
(B) Cricket
(C) Chess
(D) Football
- The rules of football were framed
(A) to guide the viewers
(B) to control the sport
(C) to make it simple
(D) to make it popular
- Football is played between two teams having-
(A) nine players each
(B) ten players each
(C) eleven players each
(D) twelve players each
