This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 10 > Class 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares β Quiz 1 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 10 The Sermon At Benares Quiz 1 (25 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) Gautam Buddha. C) The aftermath of the people. D) The man who advised KiSA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Mustard seeds. C) Sunflower seeds. D) Seesame seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Scriptures. B) Spiritual k nowledge. C) Inner peace. D) Gaining knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiritual k nowledge. 8. What suggestion did a man give to Gotami (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) To stop crying over her dead son. B) To meet Buddha. C) To go back home. D) To cremate her dead son soon. 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 lost her only son. B) Her son was poisoned. C) She was in grief. D) She looked for mustard seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Banyan tree. B) Fig tree. C) Coconut tree. D) Mango tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fig tree. 15. What is the meaning of lamentation? A) Expression of sorrow. B) Expression of gratefulness. C) Expression of joy. D) Expression of laughter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Immortality. C) Selflessness. D) Innocence. 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. The name of the yellow little dog was ..... A) Ink. B) Blink. C) Mustard. D) Custard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mustard. 20. 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. 21. 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. 22. 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. 23. Who is the writer of the story ' The Sermon at Benares'? A) Siddharth gautam. B) The aftermath of the people. C) Gautam Buddha. D) Betty Rostaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Betty Rostaw. 24. ..... is the holiest of the places on the bank of the Ganges (with reference to the chapter 'The Sermon at Benares')? A) Bengal. B) Bangalore. C) Belapur. D) Benares. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benares. 25. Name the poetic device used in "rudely called him Percival" . A) Alliteration. B) Metafar. C) Allusion. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 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