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- COORG (4)
- DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (4)
- Dust of Snow (1)
- FIRST FLIGHT: POETRY (19)
- GLIMPSES OF INDIA (6)
- HIS FIRST FLIGHT (5)
- MADAM RIDES THE BUS (5)
- MIJBIL THE OTTER (5)
- NELSON MANDELA A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (6)
- THE PROPOSAL (5)
- THE SERMON AT BENARES (5)
The Sermon at Benares Passage Based Questions
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UP Board Special: The Sermon at Benares Passage Based Questions
Passage 1
UP Board – 2023Gautama Buddha (563 B.C. – 483 B.C.) began life as a prince named Siddhartha Gautama, in northern India. At twelve, he was sent away for schooling in the Hindu sacred scriptures and four years later he returned home to marry a princess. They had a son and lived for ten years as befitted royalty. At about the age of twenty-five, the Prince, heretofore shielded from the sufferings of the world, while out hunting chanced upon a sick man, then an aged man, then a funeral procession, and finally a monk begging for alms.
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Who was Gautama Buddha?
प्रश्न: गौतम बुद्ध कौन थे?
Ans: Gautama Buddha was initially a prince named Siddhartha Gautama, born into a royal family in northern India.
उत्तर: गौतम बुद्ध शुरू में उत्तरी भारत में एक शाही परिवार में जन्मे सिद्धार्थ गौतम नामक राजकुमार थे।
- 2.
What was he sent away for? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: उन्हें दूर क्यों भेजा गया था?
Ans: At the age of twelve, he was sent away to a place of learning for his formal schooling in the sacred Hindu scriptures.
उत्तर: बारह वर्ष की आयु में, उन्हें पवित्र हिंदू धर्मग्रंथों में उनकी औपचारिक शिक्षा के लिए एक ज्ञान के स्थान पर भेजा गया था।
- 3.
What were the four sights that Prince Siddhartha saw?
प्रश्न: राजकुमार सिद्धार्थ ने कौन से चार दृश्य देखे?
Ans: Prince Siddhartha saw a sick man, an aged man, a funeral procession, and a monk begging for alms.
उत्तर: राजकुमार सिद्धार्थ ने एक बीमार आदमी, एक बूढ़ा आदमी, एक अंतिम संस्कार जुलूस और एक भिक्षा मांगता हुआ भिक्षु देखा।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means the same as “religious books”?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ “धार्मिक पुस्तकें” है?
Ans: The word in the passage which means “religious books” is “scriptures”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में “धार्मिक पुस्तकें” का अर्थ रखने वाला शब्द “scriptures” है।
Passage 2
UP Board – 2022Kisa Gotami became weary and hopeless, and sat down at the wayside watching the lights of the city, as they flickered up and were extinguished again. At last the darkness of the night reigned everywhere. And she considered the fate of men, that their lives flicker up and are extinguished again. And she thought to herself, “How selfish am I in my grief! Death is common to all; yet in this valley of desolation there is a path that leads him to immortality who has surrendered all selfishness.”
- 1.
Who was Kisa Gotami? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: किसा गौतमी कौन थी?
Ans: Kisa Gotami was a young woman whose only son had died. She was overwhelmed with grief and was searching for a way to bring him back to life.
उत्तर: किसा गौतमी एक युवा महिला थी जिसके इकलौते बेटे की मृत्यु हो गई थी। वह दुःख से अभिभूत थी और उसे वापस जीवन में लाने का तरीका खोज रही थी।
- 2.
What did she realize after seeing the city lights?
प्रश्न: शहर की रोशनी देखने के बाद उसे क्या एहसास हुआ?
Ans: After seeing the city lights flicker and then get extinguished, she realized that the lives of mortals are similar—they shine for a short time and are then extinguished forever.
उत्तर: शहर की रोशनी को टिमटिमाते और फिर बुझते हुए देखने के बाद, उसे एहसास हुआ कि नश्वर लोगों का जीवन समान है — वे थोड़े समय के लिए चमकते हैं और फिर हमेशा के लिए बुझ जाते हैं।
- 3.
According to her, who finds the path to immortality?
प्रश्न: उसके अनुसार, अमरता का मार्ग किसे मिलता है?
Ans: According to her realization, the path to immortality is found by the person who has surrendered all selfishness.
उत्तर: उसकी अनुभूति के अनुसार, अमरता का मार्ग उस व्यक्ति द्वारा पाया जाता है जिसने सभी स्वार्थ का त्याग कर दिया है।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means “to die out”?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ “बुझ जाना” या “मर जाना” है?
Ans: The word in the passage that means “to die out” is “extinguished”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में “to die out” (बुझ जाना) का अर्थ रखने वाला शब्द “extinguished” है।
Passage 3
UP Board – 2020Poor Kisa Gotami now went from house to house, and the people pitied her and said, “Here is mustard-seed; take it.” But when she asked, “Did a son or daughter, a father or mother, die in your family?” they answered her, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many. Do not remind us of our deepest grief.” And there was no house but some beloved one had died in it.
- 1.
Why was Kisa Gotami going from house to house?
प्रश्न: किसा गौतमी घर-घर क्यों जा रही थी?
Ans: Kisa Gotami was going from house to house to find a handful of mustard seeds from a family where no one had ever died, as instructed by the Buddha.
उत्तर: किसा गौतमी बुद्ध के निर्देशानुसार एक ऐसे परिवार से मुट्ठी भर सरसों के बीज खोजने के लिए घर-घर जा रही थी जहाँ कभी किसी की मृत्यु न हुई हो।
- 2.
What did the people answer when she asked about death in their families? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: जब उसने उनके परिवारों में मृत्यु के बारे में पूछा तो लोगों ने क्या उत्तर दिया?
Ans: When she asked, they replied with sorrow, “Alas! the living are few, but the dead are many.” They asked her not to remind them of their deepest grief, as every family had lost someone they loved.
उत्तर: जब उसने पूछा, तो उन्होंने दुःख के साथ उत्तर दिया, “अफसोस! जीवित कम हैं, लेकिन मृत कई हैं।” उन्होंने उससे कहा कि वह उन्हें उनके सबसे गहरे दुःख की याद न दिलाए, क्योंकि हर परिवार ने किसी प्रियजन को खोया था।
- 3.
Was she successful in her quest?
प्रश्न: क्या वह अपनी खोज में सफल हुई?
Ans: No, she was not successful in her quest because there was not a single house where some beloved one had not died.
उत्तर: नहीं, वह अपनी खोज में सफल नहीं हुई क्योंकि एक भी ऐसा घर नहीं था जहाँ किसी प्रियजन की मृत्यु न हुई हो।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means ‘great sorrow’?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ ‘महान दुःख’ है?
Ans: The word in the passage which means ‘great sorrow’ is “grief”.
उत्तर: गद्यांश में ‘great sorrow’ (महान दुःख) का अर्थ रखने वाला शब्द “grief” है।
Passage 4
UP Board – Frequent ThemeThe Buddha said, “The life of mortals in this world is troubled and brief and combined with pain. For there is not any means by which those that have been born can avoid dying; after reaching old age there is death; of such a nature are living beings. As ripe fruits are early in danger of falling, so mortals when born are always in danger of death. As all earthen vessels made by the potter end in being broken, so is the life of mortals.”
- 1.
What is the nature of the life of mortals?
प्रश्न: नश्वर लोगों के जीवन की प्रकृति क्या है?
Ans: According to the Buddha, the life of mortals is troubled, brief, and combined with pain. All living beings who are born cannot avoid the eventuality of death.
उत्तर: बुद्ध के अनुसार, नश्वर लोगों का जीवन कष्टमय, संक्षिप्त और दर्द के साथ संयुक्त है। जन्म लेने वाले सभी जीवित प्राणी मृत्यु की अंतिमता से बच नहीं सकते।
- 2.
How does Buddha compare mortals to ripe fruits?
प्रश्न: बुद्ध नश्वर लोगों की तुलना पके फलों से कैसे करते हैं?
Ans: Buddha compares mortals to ripe fruits by stating that just as ripe fruits are always in danger of falling, mortals are always in danger of death from the moment they are born.
उत्तर: बुद्ध नश्वर लोगों की तुलना पके फलों से करते हुए कहते हैं कि जैसे पके फल हमेशा गिरने के खतरे में रहते हैं, वैसे ही नश्वर लोग जन्म के क्षण से ही हमेशा मृत्यु के खतरे में रहते हैं।
- 3.
How are mortals similar to earthen vessels? (2 Marks)
प्रश्न: नश्वर लोग मिट्टी के बर्तनों के समान कैसे हैं?
Ans: Mortals are similar to earthen vessels because, just as all vessels made by a potter are ultimately destined to break, the lives of all mortals are destined to end in death.
उत्तर: नश्वर लोग मिट्टी के बर्तनों के समान हैं क्योंकि, जैसे कुम्हार द्वारा बनाए गए सभी बर्तन अंततः टूटने के लिए नियत हैं, वैसे ही सभी नश्वर लोगों के जीवन का अंत मृत्यु में होना तय है।
- 4.
Which word in the passage means ‘certain to happen’?
प्रश्न: गद्यांश में किस शब्द का अर्थ ‘निश्चित रूप से घटित होने वाला’ है?
Ans: While not a direct word, the concept is conveyed by the phrase “can avoid dying” in the negative, implying that death is unavoidable or certain to happen.
उत्तर: हालांकि कोई सीधा शब्द नहीं है, यह अवधारणा नकारात्मक में “can avoid dying” वाक्यांश द्वारा व्यक्त की गई है, जिसका अर्थ है कि मृत्यु अपरिहार्य या निश्चित रूप से घटित होने वाली है।
- A BAKER FROM GOA (5)
- A LETTER TO TO GOD (5)
- MCQS (1)
- SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (1)
- SUMMARY (1)
- BLACK AEROPLANE (5)
- Blog (4)
- COORG (4)
- DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (4)
- Dust of Snow (1)
- FIRST FLIGHT: POETRY (19)
- GLIMPSES OF INDIA (6)
- HIS FIRST FLIGHT (5)
- MADAM RIDES THE BUS (5)
- MIJBIL THE OTTER (5)
- NELSON MANDELA A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (6)
- THE PROPOSAL (5)
- THE SERMON AT BENARES (5)