The Sermon at Benares MCQs with Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-4. What does lamentation mean?

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

Question-5. What is natural ?

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

Question-6. What is the world afflicted with?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-11. Buddha gave this sermon to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-17. Kisa Gotami felt tired and:

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

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

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

Question-19. The speaker of these lines is

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

Question-20. Those who do not grieve are

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

Question-21. What did he name the tree?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-26. What does the ripe fruit fear?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question-30. When was Budhha sent for Schooling?

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

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

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

Question-32. Where did Budhha sit?

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

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

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

Question-34. Where was Budhha born?

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

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

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

Question-36. Who is free from sorrow?

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

Question-37. Who was begging for alms ?

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

Question-38. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?

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

Question-39. Which fruit fears falling down ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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