This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Prose > The Sermon At Benares > Class 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which things are unavoidable (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Death. B) Sufferings. C) Meeting people. D) Both Death & Sufferings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Death & Sufferings. 2. Which character was lamenting in this story? A) The people in the story. B) The aftermath of the people. C) Gautam Buddha. D) The man who advised KiSA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The aftermath of the people. 3. Gautama Buddha was initially called A) Prince Siddhartha. B) Buddha. C) Ashoka. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Siddhartha. 4. What did Buddha compare the potter's vessel with (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Life & death. B) Death. C) Enlightenment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life & death. 5. Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring? A) Pumpkin seeds. B) Sunflower seeds. C) Seesame seeds. D) Mustard seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mustard seeds. 6. What did Gautama Buddha's first sermon reflect (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Wisdom about death. B) Wisdom about mankind. C) Wisdom on life. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wisdom about death. 7. What is the meaning of enlightenment (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Spiritual k nowledge. B) Scriptures. C) Gaining knowledge. D) Inner peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spiritual k nowledge. 8. What suggestion did a man give to Gotami (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) To cremate her dead son soon. B) To meet Buddha. C) To stop crying over her dead son. D) To go back home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To meet Buddha. 9. What is this world afflicted with as per Kisa's thoughts (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Death & decay. B) Physical illness. C) Mental illness. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death & decay. 10. What did Kisa need from Gautama Buddha (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Medicine that could cure her son. B) Medicine that could cure her. C) Medicine that could cure her family. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medicine that could cure her son. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which of the following sentences is wrong about Kisa Gotami? A) She looked for mustard seeds. B) She lost her only son. C) She was in grief. D) Her son was poisoned. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her son was poisoned. 13. How many sons did Kisa Gotami have? A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One. 14. Siddhartha Gautama sat down under which tree for meditation (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Coconut tree. B) Mango tree. C) Banyan tree. D) Fig tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fig tree. 15. What is the meaning of lamentation? A) Expression of joy. B) Expression of gratefulness. C) Expression of laughter. D) Expression of sorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expression of sorrow. 16. 'He who has overcome all soon will become free from sorrow, and be blessed'-this line has been taken from the chapter ..... A) The Sermon at Benares. B) Gautam Buddha. C) The aftermath of the people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sermon at Benares. 17. He who has drawn out the arrow of lamentation, complaint and grief shall obtain ..... A) Peace of mind. B) Selflessness. C) Innocence. D) Immortality. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peace of mind. 18. What did Gautama Buddha realise (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Life is not worth living. B) World is a home of sufferings. C) World is full of sufferings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) World is full of sufferings. 19. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 20. What was Gautama Buddha's name (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Gautam Buddha. B) Siddharth gautam. C) Both Gautam and Siddhartha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siddharth gautam. 21. Kisa finally found a house where no one had died. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. Who is the writer of the story ' The Sermon at Benares'? A) Betty Rostaw. B) The aftermath of the people. C) Siddharth gautam. D) Gautam Buddha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betty Rostaw. 23. ..... is the holiest of the places on the bank of the Ganges (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Bengal. B) Benares. C) Belapur. D) Bangalore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benares. 24. Name the poetic device used in "rudely called him Percival" . A) Alliteration. B) Metafar. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 25. How did Kisa feel at first on being unable to find such seeds? A) Weary. B) Hopeless. C) Motivated. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 26. "Belinda cried Help ..... Help!" is an example of A) Simile. B) Metafar. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 27. What vow did Gautama Buddha take while sitting under the tree (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) To make a home under the tree. B) To stay there until he gets enlightenment. C) Both to make home and stay till enlightened. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To stay there until he gets enlightenment. 28. What is the universality about death (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) It is inevitable. B) It can't be escaped. C) It is inscrutable kind of suffering. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. What message did Gautama Buddha begin to teach & spread (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Of wisdom & truth. B) All humans are equal. C) Death can be easily dealt with. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of wisdom & truth. 30. What did Kisa do in grief (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) She wandered from place to another. B) She carried the dead body of her only son from one place to another. C) She locked herself in the house. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She carried the dead body of her only son from one place to another. 31. What does 'The Buddha' mean (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) 'The enlightened'. B) 'The awakened'. C) 'The one at peace'. D) Both enlightened' & awakened'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both enlightened' & awakened'. 32. Which family did Gautama Buddha belong to (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Royal family. B) Monk family. C) Buddha family. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Royal family. 33. Where did he vow to stay until his enlightenment came? A) His palace. B) Under a tree. C) Under Peepal Tree. D) Under banyan tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Under Peepal Tree. 34. Which seeds Kisa had to procure and from where? A) Mustard seeds from her family. B) Fig seeds from Buddha. C) Mustard seeds from villagers who haven't lost anyone. D) Apple seeds from doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustard seeds from villagers who haven't lost anyone. 35. What was Siddhartha Gautama known as after attaining enlightenment (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) 'The Buddha'. B) 'The Gautama'. C) 'The Siddhartha'. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'The Buddha'. 36. According to the story, mortals are carried after death like ..... A) A deer running in the child chased by a tiger. B) A hen carried by a butcher. C) Farmers carrying a sickle to harvest. D) An ox led to the slaughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An ox led to the slaughter. 37. For how many years did he wander? A) 7. B) 6. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 38. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A medicine to bring her son back to life. 39. What is the meaning of 'Sermon' (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Teaching. B) Praising. C) Preaching. D) Lecturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preaching. 40. How can one save his loved ones from death? A) By grief. B) By crying. C) By both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 41. Who is free from sorrow? A) Who remains happy. B) Who overcomes sorrow. C) Who does not see sorrow. D) Who gives sorrow to others. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who overcomes sorrow. 42. What moved him to seek out enlightenment? A) A sick man. B) An aged man. C) A monk begging. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 43. He got enlightenment after how many days? A) 15. B) 10. C) 1. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 7. 44. What did Buddha tell Gotami in his sermon (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Life is brief & painful. B) Everyone who takes birth, has to die. C) Death spares none. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 45. What was Kisa Gotami's wish (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) She wanted to meet Buddha. B) She wanted her dead son alive. C) She wanted to attain enlightenment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She wanted her dead son alive. 46. The Buddha preached his first sermon at the city of A) Haridwar. B) Benares. C) Ajanta. D) Dwarika. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benares. 47. According to Buddha-' he who has overcome all sorrow will become A) The king of the world. B) Free from sorrow, and be blessed. C) The richest person. D) Immortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free from sorrow, and be blessed. 48. 'The Sermon at Benares' is the story of an unfortunate woman ..... A) The aftermath of the people. B) This is the afterlife. C) In the Gotami. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The aftermath of the people. 49. Who did Kisa reach (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Gautam Buddha. B) Ashok the emperor. C) Alexander the great. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gautam Buddha. 50. Which tree called Bodhi tree-the tree of wisdom? A) Neem tree. B) Peepal tree. C) Oak tree. D) Mango tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peepal tree. 51. Gautama Buddha left home ..... (with reference to chapter 'The Sermon at Benares') A) In search of worldly treasures. B) In search of peace. C) In search of equality. D) In search of wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In search of wisdom. 52. What name did Gautama Buddha give to the tree (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) 'Enlightenment tree'. B) 'Fig tree'. C) 'Banyan tree'. D) 'Bodhi tree'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'Bodhi tree'. 53. Buddha compares human life to A) Deer chased by the lion. B) Dry leaves fallen from trees. C) Vessels made by the potter. D) Small boat in the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vessels made by the potter. 54. What did Kisa Gotami think to herself after meeting Gautama Buddha (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Death is inevitable. B) Death is the fate of mankind. C) No one can avoid dying & the wise don't grieve. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 55. "The wise do not ..... , knowing the terms of the world" A) Laugh. B) Smile. C) Grieve. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grieve. 56. What does everyone do when any of their dear dies (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Blames life. B) Attains inner peace. C) Grieves. D) Blames God. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grieves. 57. How long did Gautama Buddha wander in before getting enlightenment (with reference to chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) 17 years. B) 7 years. C) 27 years. D) 18 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 years. 58. Could Kisa Gotami find a house where no one had lost their dear ones (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) No. B) May be. C) Yes. D) May be not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 59. What did Siddhartha Gautama study (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Holy books. B) Mythology. C) Mathematics. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holy books. 60. In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon? A) Lumbini. B) Gaya. C) Patna. D) Banaras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Banaras. Next →Related QuizzesProse QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books