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Correct the false statements:

A) Colonial rulers promoted Cricket to be played between nations that were under their power.


B) People adopted the game to become westernized.


C) Indian villagers played cricket.


D) Cricket was introduced in schools to bring good manners.


A) This statement is false. It was a game of the gentlemen and a representation of all that they valued.


B) This statement is true.


C) This statement is false. The local elitists played this sport as a way to copy the Britishers.


D) This statement is false. Cricket was introduced in schools as a part of wider physical training by which boys were molded into ideal citizens.


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a) The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India.


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