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OR (b) Why did Kisa Gotami… (Class 10 English 2023, Q10b)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Board exam 2023, set 2/5/1 · 6 marks · Long answer

CBSE Class 10 English 2023: question 10(b)

Set in the CBSE Class 10 board exam of 2023, paper 2/5/1, 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

OR

(b) Why did Kisa Gotami meet the Buddha? How did Buddha change her life?

Source: official question paper from cbse.gov.in (PDF). See it in the full 2023 board paper, set 2/5/1.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Why would a mother in grief approach a holy man?

Hint 2

What was the condition for getting the mustard seeds?

Hint 3

What did she learn after failing?

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 went to the Buddha, grief-stricken at her only son's death, hoping he would find a way to bring the child back to life.

    1 mark

  2. He asked her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where no one had ever died. She went door to door but failed.

    1 mark

  3. She realised that death is inevitable and suffering is part of every life. She was freed from her obsessive grief, accepted the loss and found peace. (Expression 2 marks and accuracy 1 mark: 100-120 words.)

    4 marks

Answer: She sought to revive her dead son; the mustard-seed task taught her that death comes to all, and she accepted suffering.

Where the marks are

  • Reason for meeting the Buddha (1 mark)
  • Mustard seed task (1 mark)
  • Realisation that death and suffering are universal (1 mark)
  • Expression (2 marks) and 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 2/5/1: every question, by section.

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