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 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares Quiz 2 (23 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Kisa Gotami become tired & hopeless (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Because she walked too much. B) Because she couldn't find a single house where no one died. C) Because she couldn't find mustard seeds. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because she couldn't find a single house where no one died. 2. Who became Buddha after being enlightened? A) Prince Charles. B) Prince Darwin. C) Happy prince. D) Prince Siddhartha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince Siddhartha. 3. ..... cannot bring the dead back to life (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Prayers. B) Grieving. C) Struggling. D) Blaming God. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grieving. 4. The letter "o" in monk sounds like:(NOTE-Many people mispronounce this word) A) The letter "u" in bug. B) The letter "o" in dog. C) The letter "u" in prunes. D) The letter "o" in joy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The letter "u" in bug. 5. What was the condition imposed upon the source of the seeds? A) To be borrowed from a man. B) To be borrowed from a woman. C) To be borrowed from a child. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 6. The close match for the word "enlightenment": A) Knowledge and experiment. B) Awakening and wisdom. C) Brightness and light-heartedness. D) Grief or loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Awakening and wisdom. 7. These sights moved Buddha. What are they? A) A sick man suffering. B) A funeral procession. C) A monk begging. D) OPTIONS A, B AND C. E) The helpers mistreated at the Royal court. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) OPTIONS A, B AND C. 8. What condition did Buddha lay on Kisa Gotami in regards to the mustard seeds (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) They should be fresh. B) They should be from a home where no one ever died. C) They should be in the whole form. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They should be from a home where no one ever died. 9. Kisa Gotami went door to door in search of ..... (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares') A) Mustard seeds. B) Food. C) Water. D) Clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mustard seeds. 10. What did he name the tree? A) Buddha tree. B) Bodhi tree. C) Gautama tree. D) Siddhartha tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bodhi tree. 11. Siddhartha Gautama belonged to which part of India (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Eastern. B) Northern. C) Western. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern. 12. Siddhartha Gautama was shielded from ..... in his childhood (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares') A) Political matters. B) Worldly pleasures. C) Sorrows of the world. D) Money matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sorrows of the world. 13. Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of ..... A) Life. B) Death. C) Food. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death. 14. How old was Siddhartha when he renounced the princely life? A) 32. B) 35. C) 22. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25. 15. What does 'Bodhi tree' mean (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) 'The tree of wisdom'. B) 'The tree of peace. C) 'The tree of enlightenment'. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 'The tree of wisdom'. 16. "Of those who, overcome by death, ..... " . A) Depart from life. B) Become free. C) Become immortal. D) Become dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depart from life. 17. How many more children did Kisa have? A) 5. B) 3. C) 4. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 18. Which are the two main characters of the story penned down by Betty Renstaw (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Buddha. B) What. C) Dead son. D) Both Buddha & Kisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Buddha & Kisa. 19. What did Kisa ask for to bring her son back to life? A) Medicine. B) Prayers. C) Doctor. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medicine. 20. What did Gautama Buddha ask Kisa to get (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Handful of mustard seeds. B) Handful of poppy seeds. C) Handful of sesame seeds. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Handful of mustard seeds. 21. Where did Buddha give his first sermon (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Benares. B) Belapur. C) Bengal. D) Bangalore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benares. 22. What was Gautama Buddha's early name? A) Principle. B) Siddhartha. C) Siddha. D) Sadhu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Siddhartha. 23. What was the speciality of the mustard seeds demanded by Gautama Buddha (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) They should be from a house where no one has lost a child. B) They should be from a house where no one has lost a husband/parent. C) They should be from a house where no one has lost a friend. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesProse QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books