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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/1/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/1/1, section C, question 10(b), for 6 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q10(b) · 6 marks · Long answerThe Sermon at Benares

Answer any one of the following questions in 100-120 words : Through the story of Kisa Gotami, what did the Buddha try to preach to the common man ?

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/1/1.

Hints

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Hint 1

Start with what Kisa Gotami asked of the Buddha.

Hint 2

Recall his condition for the mustard seeds.

Hint 3

End with the truth she realised.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. Kisa Gotami's only son died. She could not accept it and went from door to door asking for medicine to revive him.

    1 mark

  2. She approached the Buddha, who asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had ever died.

    1 mark

  3. She found no such house, as every family had lost someone. She was disappointed, and as she watched the city lights flicker she realised that death is inevitable.

    1 mark

  4. The Buddha thus taught the common man that death comes to all and must be accepted. Grief should give way to understanding.

    1 mark

  5. The answer is well structured and fluent.

    1 mark

  6. The grammar and spelling are accurate.

    1 mark

Answer: The Buddha taught that death is universal and inevitable, and one must accept it.

Where the marks are

  • Content: Kisa's grief, mustard seed condition, no such house, realisation of death's inevitability (3 marks)
  • Expression (2 marks)
  • Accuracy (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from The Sermon at Benares, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paper2023 board paper, set 2/1/1: every question, by section.

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