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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
Answer
A) who overcomes sorrow
Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring?
A) Pumpkin seeds
B) Mustard seeds
C) Sunflower seeds
D) Seesame seeds
Answer
B) Mustard seeds
Where was Budhha born?
(a) South India
(b) North India
(c) West part of India
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) North India
Where did he vow to stay until his enlightenment came?
(a) his palace
(b) under peepal tree
(c) under banyan tree
(d) under a tree
Answer
Answer: (b) under peepal tree
When was Budhha 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
Answer: (c) At the age of twelve
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
Answer
D) None of the above
What was Gautama Buddha’s early name?
A) Sidhha
B) Sadhu
C) Siddhartha
D) Sidhanth
Answer
C) Siddhartha
What quantity of Mustard seeds did Buddha ask for?
(a) a sackful
(b) a handful
(c) a pinch
(d) a cup
Answer
Answer: (c) a pinch
What moved him to seek out enlightenment?
(a) a sick man
(b) an aged man
(c) a monk begging
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all of the above
What is the meaning of lamentation?
(a) expression of sorrow
(b) expression of gratefulness
(c) expression of joy
(d) expression of laughter
Answer
Answer: (a) expression of sorrow
What is the fate of mortals?
(a) They will cry one day
(b) Inevitable death of all.
(c) One day they will run.
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) Inevitable death of all.
What does Kisa search for from house to house in the first place?
A) mustard seed
B) a medicine to bring her son back to life
C) pumpkin seeds
D) None of the above
Answer
B) a medicine to bring her son back to life
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
Answer
D) all of the above
What did the Budhha ask the girl for?
(a) handful of mustard seeds
(b) handful of grapes
(c) handful of black pepper
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (c) At the age of twelve
What did Kisa Gotami learn in the end?
(a) Love is common
(b) Death is common
(c) War is common
(d) None of the Above
Answer
Answer: (b) Death is common
What did Kisa ask for to bring her son back to life?
A) medicine
C) money
C) doctor
D) prayers
Answer
A) medicine
What did he name the tree?
A) Bodhi tree
B) Buddha tree
C) Gautama tree
D) Siddhartha tree
Answer
A) Bodhi tree
What did Buddha tell her about life?
A) It is troubled
B) It is brief
C) combined with pain
D) all of the above
Answer
D) all of the above
Those who do not grieve are _____.
A) arrogant
B) proud
C) happy
D) wise
Answer
D) wise
In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon?
(a) Patna
(b) Benaras
(c) Lumbini
(d) Gaya
Answer
Answer: (b) Benaras
How old was Siddhartha when he renounced the princely life?
A) 22
B) 32
C) 35
D) 25
Answer
D) 25
How many more children did Kisa have?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None
Answer
Answer: (d) None
How did Kisa feel at first on being unable to find such seeds?
(a) weary
(b) hopeless
(c) disappointed
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all of the above
How can one save his loved ones from death?
(a) by grief
(b) by crying
(c) by both
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (d) none of these
He got enlightenment after how many days?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 7
D) 1
Answer
C) 7
For how many years did he wander?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 6
Answer
A) 7
Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of _____
A) life
B) death
C) food
D) all of the above
Answer
B) death
According to Buddha, what is an inscrutable kind of suffering?
A) loss of a loved one
B) beating
C) hatred
D) verbal abuse
Answer
A) loss of a loved one
“Of those who, overcome by death, __”.
(a) depart from life
(b) become immortal
(c) become free
(d) become dead
Answer
Answer: (a) depart from life
“The wise do not _____, knowing the terms of the world”
A) laugh
B) smile
C) grieve
D) all of the above
Answer
C) grieve
“Of those who, overcome by death, __________”.
A) depart from life
B) become immortal
C) become free
D) become dead
Answer
A) depart from life