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
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
31. Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of _____
(ii) death
(iii) food
(iv) all of the above
Answer
32. What is the meaning of lamentation?
(ii) expression of gratefulness
(iii) expression of joy
(iv) expression of laughter
Answer
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
35. “The wise do not _____, knowing the terms of the world”
(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