Updated on 11/12/2022
Ch.10 The Sermon at Benares
1. Who is the author of 'The Sermon at Benares'?
(A) Lucio Rodrigues
(B) Betty Renshaw
(C) Lokesh Abrol
(D) Arup Kumar Datta
Answer
(B) Betty Renshaw
2. When was Gautama Buddha born?
(A) 563 B.C.
(B) 463 B.C.
(C) 553 B.C.
(D) 453 B.C.
Answer
(A) 563 B.C.
3. When was Gautama sent for schooling?
(A) at the age of eight
(B) at the age of ten
(C) at the age of twelve
(D) at the age of fourteen
Answer
(C) at the age of twelve
4. When did Gautama get married?
(A) at the age of sixteen
(B) at the age of seventeen
(C) at the age of eighteen
(D) at the age of nineteen
Answer
(A) at the age of sixteen
5. When did Gautama leave home for wisdom?
(A) at the age of twenty three
(B) at the age of twenty four
(C) at the age of twenty five
(D) at the age of twenty six
Answer
(C) at the age of twenty five
6. Where did Gautama Buddha give his first sermon?
(A) at Jamsedpur
(B) at Bikaner
(C) at Kurdban
(D) at Benares
Answer
(D) at Benares
7. For how many years did Gautama wander in search of enlightenment?
(A) five years
(B) six years
(C) seven years
(D) eight years
Answer
(C) seven years
8. What was Gautama full name?
(A) Narendera Gautama
(B) Bikram Guatama
(C) Siddhartha Guatama
(D) Sikander Guatama
Answer
(C)
9. What did Buddha ask lady to bring?
(A) a handful of carrot seeds
(B) a handful of flower seeds
(C) a handful of vegetable seeds
(D) a handful of mustard seeds
Answer
(D) a handful of mustard seeds
10. What did Kisa Gotami realise in the end?
(A) the death is common
(B) that death is envitable
(C) the death is normal
(D) the death is accident
Answer
(B) that death is envitable
11. What did Gautama chance to see one day?
(A) a sick man
(B) an old man
(C) a monk
(D) all of the above
Answer
(D) all of the above
12. After how many days of meditation did Gautama Buddha get enlightenment?
(A) four days
(B) five days
(C) six days
(D) seven days
Answer
(D) seven days
13. What is the meaning of Buddha?
(A) awakened
(B) enlightenment
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(C) both
14. When did Gautama see a sick and old man?
(A) when he was going for playing
(B) when he was going for fighting
(C) when he was going for hunting
(D) when he was going for drinking
Answer
(C) when he was going for hunting
15. When did Guatama Buddha die?
(A) 483 B.C.
(B) 493 B.C.
(C) 463 B.C.
(D) 473 B.C.