Prepare very short questions or objective type questions with answers from The Sermon at Benares by Betty Renshaw – Based on NCERT pattern – The name of the book is First Flight – Useful links for 10th class students
Q. Who has written The Sermon at Benares ?
Answer – Betty Renshaw
Q. What was the previous name of Gautama Buddha ?
Answer – Sidhartha Gautama
Q. What was Gautama Buddha‘s life term ?
Answer – 563 B.C. to 483 B.C.
Q. When did he go to school ?
Answer – At the age of 12.
Q. When did he marry ?
Answer – At the age of 16
Q. What did he see when he was on hunting one day ?
Answer – A sick man, an aged man, a funeral procession and then a monk begging for alms
Q. How many sons did Kisa Gotami have ?
Answer – Only one
Q. What happened to her son ?
Answer – He had died
Q. What did the Buddha give to the woman ?
Answer – A handful mustard seeds
Q. Where had that woman to go with a handful mustard ?
Answer – To a house where no one had died
Q. What is the meaning of sermon ?
Answer – Religious or moral talk
Q. What is the meaning of dipping places ?
Answer – Bathing
Q. What is the source of The Sermon at Benares ?
Answer -Values and Voices : A College Reader ( 1975 )
Q. What is the meaning of mortals ?
Answer – Those bound to die
Q. What is the meaning of lamentation ?
Answer – Expression of sorrow
Q. What is the meaning of enlightenment ?
Answer – A state of high spiritual knowledge
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