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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was Gautama Buddha's early name?
A) Sidhha
B) Sadhu
C) Siddhartha
D) Sidhanth
- 2. Multiple Choice
What moved him to seek out enlightenment?
A) a sick man
B) an aged man
C) a monk begging
D) all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
What did he name the tree?
A) Bodhi tree
B) Buddha tree
C) Gautama tree
D) Siddhartha tree
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which seed did Buddha ask Kisa to bring?
A) Pumpkin seeds
B) Mustard seeds
C) Sunflower seeds
D) Seesame seeds
- 6. Multiple Choice
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
- 7. Multiple Choice
How did Kisa feel at first on being unable to find such seeds?
A) weary
B) hopeless
C) Motivated
D) Both A and B
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
What did Buddha tell her about life?
A) It is troubled
B) It is brief
C) combined with pain
D) all of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
Both young and adults, fools and wise fall into the power of _____
A) life
B) death
C) food
D) all of the above
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of lamentation?
A) expression of sorrow
B) expression of gratefulness
C) expression of joy
D) expression of laughter
- 12. Multiple Choice
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
- 13. Multiple Choice
"Of those who, overcome by death, __________".
A) depart from life
B) become immortal
C) become free
D) become dead
- 14. Multiple Choice
"The wise do not _____, knowing the terms of the world"
A) laugh
B) smile
C) grieve
D) all of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
He got enlightenment after how many days?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 7
D) 1
- 16. Multiple Choice
In which city did Buddha deliver his first sermon?
A) Patna
B) Benares
C) Lumbini
D) Gaya
- 17. Multiple Choice
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
- 18. Multiple Choice
What quantity of Mustard seeds did Buddha ask for?
A) a sackful
B) a handful
C) a pinch
D) a cup
- 19. Multiple Choice
According to Buddha, what is an inscrutable kind of suffering?
A) loss of a loved one
B) beating
C) hatred
D) verbal abuse
- 20. Multiple Choice
How old was Siddhartha when he renounced the princely life?
A) 22
B) 32
C) 35
D) 25
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