Question

In _ _ _ _ _ _ year a Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana in cricket.
(A) 1898
(B) 1888
(C) 1808
(D) 1889

Answer 1

Hint: They won after four years after the Indian National congress was found. As there was a rivalry between Parsis and Bombay gymkhana which finally ended after this match.

Complete answer:
Indian cricket originated and was found in Bombay and the very first community to start playing the game was a very small community of Zoroastrians, the Parsis. As it was brought into a close observation with the British because of their interests in the Trade. The very first Indian community to westernize was founded by the Parsis, the First Indian Cricket club “Oriental Cricket Club” in 1948. The club was founded and sponsored by Parsis businessmen like Wadias and Tatas. No help was offered by the white cricket elite. There was also a quarrel between Bombay Gymkhana and the Parsis cricketers as they would only use the public parks and they would complain that their polo ponies would dig up the surface. The colonial authority was in the favor of Bombay Gymkhana so then Parsis built their own Gymkhana to play cricket.
The rivalry between the Bombay Gymkhana and Paris led to a happy ending for the people who are pioneers of Indian cricket as the Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana in the year 1889 just four years after the National Congress was founded and formed in the year 1885.
The Parsi Gymkhana led to the belief of every religion in India as they also started establishing their own clubs.

Thus, the correct option is 1889.

Note: In the year 1890s Hind and Muslims were trying to gather funds to start their own Hindu Gymkhana and Islam Gymkhana whereas the Britishers never considered colonial India as a nation.