MCQ Questions Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares Class 10 English

Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares Class 10 English with answers provided below. These multiple-choice questions have been developed based on the latest NCERT book for class 10 English issued for the current academic year. We have provided MCQ Questions for Class 10 English for all chapters on our website. Students should learn the objective based questions for Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares in Class 10 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares MCQ Questions Class 10 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 10 The Sermon at Benares Class 10 English

Question. What quantity of Mustard seeds did Buddha ask for?
A) a sackful
B) a handful
C) a pinch
D) a cup

Question. What did Kisa ask for to bring her son back to life?
A) medicine
B) money
C) doctor
D) prayers

Question. What moved him to seek out enlightenment?
A) a sick man
B) an aged man
C) a monk begging
D) all of the above

Question. In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon?
A) Patna
B) Benaras
C) Lumbini
D) Gaya

Question. How old was Siddhartha when he renounced the princely life?
A) 22
B) 32
C) 35
D) 25

Question. He got enlightenment after how many days?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 7
D) 1

Question. For how many years did he wander?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6

Question. Those who do not grieve are _____.
A) arrogant
B) proud
C) happy
D) wise

Question. Who is free from sorrow?
A) who overcomes sorrow
B) who does not see sorrow
C) who remains happy
D) who gives sorrow to others

Question. How can one save his loved ones from death?
A) by grief
B) by crying
C) by both
D) none of these

Question. What was Gautama Buddha’s early name?
A) Sidhha
B) Sadhu
C) Siddhartha
D) Sidhanth

Question. 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

Question. “Of those who, overcome by death, __________”.
A) depart from life
B) become immortal
C) become free
D) become dead

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

“Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no house but some beloved one had died in it.

Question. Who is the speaker in the above lines?
(i) Buddha
(ii) Kisa Gotami
(iii) one of the people from whom Kisa asked for mustard seeds
(iv) none of these

Question. Choose the option that lists the set of statements that are NOT TRUE according to the given extract.
1. The living population is very few.
2. The living population has increased manifold.
3. The dead should be remembered often.
4. The dead are less in number.
5. There was no house where no one had died.
6. The dead should not be reminded of.
7. Many people keep dying and returning back to life.
(i) 2, 3, 4
(ii) 5, 6, 7
(iii) 3, 5, 7
(iv) 1, 5, 6

Question. Buddha said that _________ leads to more pain and sickness.
(i) speaking
(ii) reminding
(iii) lamentation
(iv) anger

Question. What is the ‘deepest grief’?
(i) a lost thing
(ii) a dead person
(iii) a lost house
(iv) a lost jewellery

And she thought to herself, “How selfish am I in my grief! Death is common to all; yet in this valley of desolation there is a path that leads him to immortality who has surrendered all selfishness.” The Buddha said, ‘‘The life of mortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain. For there is not any means by which those that have been born can avoid dying; after reaching old age there is death; of such a nature are living beings. As ripe fruits are early in danger of falling, so mortals when born are always in danger of death. As all earthen vessels made by the potter end in being broken, so is the life of mortals. Both young and adult, both those who are fools and those who are wise, all fall into the power of death; all are subject to death.

Question. Why was Kisa Gotami sad?
(i) Because she had nowhere to live
(ii) Because her only son had died
(iii) Because she had nothing to eat
(iv) Because her son was sick

Question. What did she realize after going house-to-house asking for mustard seeds?
(i) she realized death is common to all and she shouldn’t be selfish
(ii) she realized no one wants to save her son 
(iii) she learnt that no one liked her
(iv) None of these

Question. What did Buddha want Kisa Gotami to understand?
(i) That her son is still alive and she doesn’t need to grieve
(ii) That everyone else is selfish and does not want to help her
(iii) That no one can avoid death and the wise accept this truth of life
(iv) Anyone can overcome death by fighting for it 

Question. Which word from the extract means the same as ‘bleakness’?
(i) immortality
(ii) desolation
(iii) surrendered
(iv) selfishness

Question. What effect does the weeping or grieving have on us?
(i) It makes us feel better about it later
(ii) It makes us believe in immortality
(iii) It makes our pain greater than before
(iv) None of these