MCQ Questions for Class 10 English First Flight Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares with Solutions


Chapter Name

Multiple Choice Questions for Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares

Author Name

Betty Renshaw

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Book Name

NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 10

MCQ Questions for Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares Class 10 English

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

(i) Patna

(ii) Benares

(iii) Lumbini

(iv) Gaya

Answer

(ii) Benares


2. By no means death can be avoided by those:

(i) that have been born

(ii) that have never born

(iii) that have courage

(iv) that have ambition

Answer

(i) that have been born


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

(i) medicine

(iii) money

(iii) doctor

(iv) prayers

Answer

(i) medicine


4. How many more children did Kisa have?

(i) 5

(ii) 3

(iii) 4

(iv) None

Answer

(iv) None


5. The mortals are always In danger of:

(i) birth

(ii) death

(iii) sickness

(iv) rudeness

Answer

(ii) death


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

(i) by grief

(ii) by crying

(iii) by both

(iv) none of these

Answer

(iv) none of these


7. The unavoidable death of human beings is compared to:

(i) Ripe gains

(ii) Ripe flowers

(iii) Ripe fruits

(iv) Ripe seeds

Answer

(iii) Ripe fruits


8. Those who do not grieve are

(i) arrogant

(ii) proud

(iii) happy

(iv) wise

Answer

(iv) wise


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

(i) a sackful

(ii) a handful

(iii) a pinch

(iv) a cup

Answer

(iii) a pinch


10. Buddha gave the name the tree as:

(i) Bo tree

(ii) Go tree

(iii) No tree

(iv) To tree

Answer

(i) Bo tree


11. What did the Budhha ask the girl for?

(i) handful of mustard seeds

(ii) handful of grapes

(iii) handful of black pepper

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(iii) At the age of twelve


12. He gave his first sermon in:

(i) the city of Jaipur

(ii) the city of Benares

(iii) the city of Ujjain

(iv) the city of Patliputra

Answer

(ii) the city of Benares


13. Where did Budhha sit?

(i) Peepal Tree

(ii) Fig Tree

(iii) Mango Tree

(iv) Deodar cedar

Answer

(ii) Fig Tree


14. Where was Budhha born?

(i) South India

(ii) North India

(iii) West part of India

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(ii) North India


15. Buddha gave this sermon to:

(i) Ananda

(ii) Kisa Gotami

(iii) author

(iv) a crowd

Answer

(ii) Kisa Gotami


16. What is the world afflicted with?

(i) Love

(ii) Diseases

(iii) Death and decay

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(iii) Death and decay


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

(i) his palace

(ii) under peepal tree

(iii) under banyan tree

(iv) under a tree

Answer

(ii) under peepal tree


18. The word ‘slaughter’ means:

(i) to laugh

(ii) to kiss

(iii) to kill

(iv) to note

Answer

(iii) to kill


19. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?

(i) her only son had died.

(ii) her all property was snatched.

(iii) she was beaten up.

(iv) None of the Above

Answer

(i) her only son had died.


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

(i) weary

(ii) hopeless

(iii) disappointed

(iv) all of the above

Answer

(iv) all of the above


21. She asked the villagers ¡f they had:

(i) lost a loved one in their family

(ii) some rice for her

(iii) worshipped Buddha

(iv) lost their pet

Answer

(i) lost a loved one in their family


22. What was Gautama Buddha’s early name?

(i) Sidhha
(ii) Sadhu
(iii) Siddhartha
(iv) Sidhanth

Answer

(iii) Siddhartha

 

23. What moved him to seek out enlightenment?

(i) a sick man
(ii) an aged man
(iii) a monk begging
(iv) all of the above

Answer

(iv) all of the above


 24. For how many years did he wander?

(i) 7
(ii) 8
(iii) 9
(iv) 6

Answer

(i) 7


25. What did he name the tree?

(i) Bodhi tree
(ii) Buddha tree
(iii) Gautama tree
(iv) Siddhartha tree
Answer
(i) Bodhi tree


26. Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring?

(i) Pumpkin seeds
(ii) Mustard seeds
(iii) Sunflower seeds
(iv) Seesame seeds

Answer

(ii) Mustard seeds


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

(i) to be borrowed from a man
(ii) to be borrowed from a woman
(iii) to be borrowed from a child
(iv) None of the above

Answer

(iv) none of these


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

(i) weary
(ii) hopeless
(iii) Motivated
(iv) Both (i) and (ii)

Answer

(iv) Both (i) and (ii)


29. What did the flickering lights made her realise?

(i) she is being selfish
(ii) death is common to all
(iii) men are mortals
(iv) all of the above

Answer

(iv) all of the above


30. What did Buddha tell her about life?

(i) It is troubled
(ii) It is brief
(iii) combined with pain
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(iv) all of the above


31. Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of _____

(i) life
(ii) death
(iii) food
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(ii) death


32. What is the meaning of lamentation?

(i) expression of sorrow
(ii) expression of gratefulness
(iii) expression of joy
(iv) expression of laughter
Answer
(i) expression of sorrow


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

(i) mustard seed
(ii) a medicine to bring her son back to life
(iii) pumpkin seeds
(iv) None of the above

Answer

(ii) a medicine to bring her son back to life


34. “Of those who, overcome by death, ______”.

(i) depart from life
(ii) become immortal
(iii) become free
(iv) become dead
Answer
(i) depart from life


35. “The wise do not _____, knowing the terms of the world”

(i) laugh
(ii) smile
(iii) grieve
(iv) all of the above

Answer

(iii) grieve


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

(i) 22
(ii) 32
(iii) 35
(iv) 25

Answer

(iv) 25


37. He got enlightenment after how many days?

(i) 10
(ii) 15
(iii) 7
(iv) 1

Answer

(iii) 7


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

(i) medicine
(iii) money
(iii) doctor
(iv) prayers
Answer
(i)medicine


39. How many more children did Kisa have?

(i) 5
(ii) 3
(iii) 4
(iv) None

Answer

(iv) None


40. Who is free from sorrow?

(i) who overcomes sorrow
(ii) who does not see sorrow
(iii) who remains happy
(iv) who gives sorrow to others

Answer

(i) who overcomes sorrow


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

(i) by grief
(ii) by crying
(iii) by both
(iv) none of these

Answer

(iv) none of these


42. Those who do not grieve are _____.

(i) arrogant
(ii) proud
(iii) happy
(iv) wise

Answer

(iv) wise


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

(i) loss of a loved one
(ii) beating
(iii) hatred
(iv) verbal abuse

Answer

(i) loss of a loved one

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