CBSE Class 10 - English - Chapter 10 - THE SERMON AT BENARES (Q & A)
Q1: Who was Gautama Buddha? When and where was he born?
Answer: Gautama Buddha was a prince who was named Siddhartha Gautam by his parents. He was born in 563 B.C. in North India. He had been shielded from the sufferings of the world. He attained enlightenment under a peepal tree and named it as ‘Tree of Wisdom’.
Q2: When her son dies, Kisa Gotami goes from house to house. What does she ask for? Does she get it? Why not?
Answer: When Kisa Gotami’s son died, she went from house to house, she asked for some medicine that would cure her child.
No, she did not get it because her child was dead and no medicine could have brought him back to life.