Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Ancient India: Thinkers, Beliefs and Buildings

Question:

Match the following in the context of the life of Gautam Buddha:

List 1

List 2

(A) Birth

(I) Lumbini

(B) Enlightenment

(II) Kushinagar

(C) First Sermon

(III) Sarnath

(D) Nibbana

(IV) Bodh Gaya

 

Options:

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)- (II)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)- (III)

(A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)- (II)

(A)-(I), (B)-(III), (C)-(IV), (D)- (II)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(I), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)- (II)

Explanation:

Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal. He belonged to the Sakya clan. He attained enlightenment under a Bodhi/Peepal tree in Bodh Gaya. He delivered his first sermon at deer park in Sarnath. He attained Nibbana in Kushnagar in Gorakhpur.