The Sermon at Benares Class 10 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter - 8 

 

1. What is the fate of mortals?

A. They will cry one day
B. Inevitable death of all.
C. One day they will run.
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= B. Inevitable death of all.

 

2. What did the Budhha ask the girl for?

A. handful of mustard seeds
B. handful of grapes
C. handful of black pepper
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= C. At the age of twelve

 

3. When was Budhha sent for Schooling?

A. At the age of eight
B. At the age of ten
C. At the age of twelve
D. At the age of fourteen

ANSWER= C. At the age of twelve

 

4. What quantity of Mustard seeds did Buddha ask for?

A. a sackful
B. a handful
C. a pinch
D. a cup

ANSWER= C. a pinch

 

5. How can one save his loved ones from death?

A. by grief
B. by crying
C. by both
D. none of these

ANSWER= D. none of these

 

6. How many more children did Kisa have?

A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. None

ANSWER= D. None

 

7. In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon?

A. Patna
B. Benaras
C. Lumbini
D. Gaya

ANSWER= B. Benaras

 

8. How old was Siddhartha when he renounced the princely life?

A. 22
B. 32
C. 35
D. 25

ANSWER= D. 25

 

9. “Of those who, overcome by death, ____”.

A. depart from life
B. become immortal
C. become free
D. become dead

ANSWER= A. depart from life

 

10. What is the meaning of lamentation?

A. expression of sorrow
B. expression of gratefulness
C. expression of joy
D. expression of laughter

ANSWER= A. expression of sorrow

 

11. What did Buddha tell her about life?

A. It is troubled
B. It is brief
C. combined with pain
D. all of the above

ANSWER= D. all of the above

 

12. How did Kisa feel at first on being unable to find such seeds?

A. weary
B. hopeless
C. disappointed
D. all of the above

ANSWER= D. all of the above

 

13. Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring?

A. Pumpkin seeds
B. Mustard seeds
C. Sunflower seeds
D. Seesame seeds

ANSWER= B. Mustard seeds

 

14. Where did he vow to stay until his enlightenment came?

A. his palace
B. under peepal tree
C. under banyan tree
D. under a tree

ANSWER= B. under peepal tree

 

15. What moved him to seek out enlightenment?

A. a sick man
B. an aged man
C. a monk begging
D. all of the above

ANSWER= D. all of the above

 

16. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?

A. her only son had died.
B. her all property was snatched.
C. she was beaten up.
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= A. her only son had died.

 

17. Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?

A. Haridwar
B. Benares
C. Chennai
D. Patliputra

ANSWER= B. Benares

 

18. What is the world afflicted with?

A. Love
B. Diseases
C. Death and decay
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= C. Death and decay

 

19. What does the ripe fruit fear?

A. Someone will eat them
B. They will rot
C. Falling down
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= C. Falling down

 

20. Where did Budhha sit?

A. Peepal Tree
B. Fig Tree
C. Mango Tree
D. Deodar cedar

ANSWER= B. Fig Tree

 

21. According to Buddha, what is an inscrutable kind of suffering?

A. loss of a loved one
B. beating
C. hatred
D. verbal abuse

ANSWER= A. loss of a loved one

 

22. Those who do not grieve are ___.

A. arrogant
B. proud
C. happy
D. wise

ANSWER= D. wise

 

23. Who is free from sorrow?

A. who overcomes sorrow
B. who does not see sorrow
C. who remains happy
D. who gives sorrow to others

ANSWER= A. who overcomes sorrow

 

24. What did Kisa ask for to bring her son back to life?

A. medicine
B. money
C. doctor
D. prayers

ANSWER= A. medicine

 

25. He got enlightenment after how many days?

A. 10
B. 15
C. 7
D. 1

ANSWER= C. 7

 

26. “The wise do not ___, knowing the terms of the world”

A. laugh
B. smile
C. grieve
D. all of the above

ANSWER= C. grieve

 

27. What does Kisa search for from house to house in the first place?

A. mustard seed
B. a medicine to bring her son back to life
C. pumpkin seeds
D. None of the above

ANSWER= B. a medicine to bring her son back to life

 

28. Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of ___

A. life
B. death
C. food
D. all of the above

ANSWER= B. death

 

29. What did the flickering lights made her realise?

A. she is being selfish
B. death is common to all
C. men are mortals
D. all of the above

ANSWER= D. all of the above

 

30. What was the condition imposed upon the source of the seeds?

A. to be borrowed from a man
B. to be borrowed from a woman
C. to be borrowed from a child
D. None of the above

ANSWER= D. None of the above

 

31. What did he name the tree?

A. Bodhi tree
B. Buddha tree
C. Gautama tree
D. Siddhartha tree

ANSWER= A. Bodhi tree

 

32. For how many years did he wander?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 6

ANSWER= A. 7

 

33. What was Gautama Buddha’s early name?

A. Sidhha
B. Sadhu
C. Siddhartha
D. Sidhanth

ANSWER= C. Siddhartha

 

34. What did Kisa Gotami learn in the end?

A. Love is common
B. Death is common
C. War is common
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= B. Death is common

 

35. Where was Budhha born?

A. South India
B. North India
C. West part of India
D. None of the Above

ANSWER= B. North India

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