The Sermon at Benares MCQs with Answers

Question-1. He who seeks….......................should draw out the arrow of lamentation, complaint and grief

1. knowledge
2. worldly pleasures
3. peace
4. solitude

Question-2. One whose life is troubled, brief and combined with pain ?

1. plants
2. rocks
3. mortal
4. immortal

Question-3. The mortals are always In danger of:

1. death
2. sickness
3. rudeness
4. birth

Question-4. What does lamentation mean?

1. repenting
2. feeling sorry
3. analysing
4. weeping

Question-5. What is natural ?

1. life
2. living style
3. nature
4. death

Question-6. What is the world afflicted with?

1. Diseases
2. Death and decay
3. None of the Above
4. Love

Question-7. ?The wise do not….............., knowing the terms of the world?

1. smile
2. grieve
3. all of the above
4. laugh

Question-8. According to Buddha, what is an inscrutable kind of suffering?

1. beating
2. hatred
3. verbal abuse
4. loss of a loved one

Question-9. Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of

1. death
2. food
3. all of the above
4. life

Question-10. Buddha gave the name the tree as:

1. Go tree
2. No tree
3. To tree
4. Bo tree

Question-11. Buddha gave this sermon to:

1. Kisa Gotami
2. author
3. a crowd
4. Ananda

Question-12. By no means death can be avoided by those:

1. that have never born
2. that have courage
3. that have ambition
4. that have been born

Question-13. Find a word from the passage that means the same as ?holy?

1. befitted
2. shielded
3. royalty
4. sacred

Question-14. For how many years did he wander?

1. 8
2. 9
3. 6
4. 7

Question-15. He got enlightenment after how many days?

1. 15
2. 7
3. 1
4. 10

Question-16. In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon?

1. Benaras
2. Lumbini
3. Gaya
4. Patna

Question-17. Kisa Gotami felt tired and:

1. depressed
2. delighted
3. devoid of hope
4. bored

Question-18. She asked the villagers ¡f they had:

1. some rice for her
2. worshipped Buddha
3. lost their pet
4. lost a loved one in their family

Question-19. The speaker of these lines is

1. Gautama Buddha
2. Lord Mahavira
3. Sant Surdas
4. Sant Kabirdas

Question-20. Those who do not grieve are

1. proud
2. happy
3. wise
4. arrogant

Question-21. What did he name the tree?

1. Buddha tree
2. Gautama tree
3. Siddhartha tree
4. Bodhi tree

Question-22. What did Kisa ask for to bring her son back to life?

1. money(c) doctor
2. prayers
3. medicine

Question-23. What did Kisa Gotami learn in the end?

1. Death is common
2. War is common
3. None of the Above
4. Love is common

Question-24. What did the flickering lights made her realise?

1. death is common to all
2. men are mortals
3. all of the above
4. she is being selfish

Question-25. What does Kisa search for from house to house in the first place?

1. a medicine to bring her son back to life
2. pumpkin seeds
3. None of the above
4. mustard seed

Question-26. What does the ripe fruit fear?

1. They will rot
2. Falling down
3. None of the Above
4. Someone will eat them

Question-27. What quantity of Mustard seeds did Buddha ask for?

1. a handful
2. a pinch
3. a cup
4. a sackful

Question-28. What was Gautama Buddha?s early name?

1. Sadhu
2. Siddhartha
3. Sidhanth
4. Sidhha

Question-29. What was the condition imposed upon the source of the seeds?

1. to be borrowed from a woman
2. to be borrowed from a child
3. None of the above
4. to be borrowed from a man

Question-30. When was Budhha sent for Schooling?

1. At the age of ten
2. At the age of twelve
3. At the age of fourteen
4. At the age of eight

Question-31. Where did Buddha preach his first sermon?

1. Benares
2. Chennai
3. Patliputra
4. Haridwar

Question-32. Where did Budhha sit?

1. Fig Tree
2. Mango Tree
3. Deodar cedar
4. Peepal Tree

Question-33. Where did he vow to stay until his enlightenment came?

1. under peepal tree
2. under banyan tree
3. under a tree
4. his palace

Question-34. Where was Budhha born?

1. North India
2. West part of India
3. None of the Above
4. South India

Question-35. Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring?

1. Mustard seeds
2. Sunflower seeds
3. Seesame seeds
4. Pumpkin seeds

Question-36. Who is free from sorrow?

1. who does not see sorrow
2. who remains happy
3. who gives sorrow to others
4. who overcomes sorrow

Question-37. Who was begging for alms ?

1. an old lady
2. a monk
3. a poor child
4. a beggar

Question-38. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?

1. her all property was snatched.
2. she was beaten up.
3. None of the Above
4. her only son had died

Question-39. Which fruit fears falling down ?

1. unripe
2. semi-ripe
3. completely unripe
4. ripe

Question-40. At what age Gautam was sent away for schooling ?

1. twelve
2. eleven
3. fourteen
4. thirteen

Question-41. Find the word from the passage that means ?living beings who have to die?

1. enlightenment
2. mortals
3. scriptures
4. troubled

Question-42. For how many years he lived in befitted royalty ?

1. 15 years
2. 10 years
3. 12 years
4. 5 years

Question-43. He who has overcome all sorrows will become free from sorrows and be

1. rewarded
2. awarded
3. protected
4. blessed