Read the passage and answer the questions given below:
Xuan Zang, and other pilgrims spent time studying in Nalanda, (Bihar) the most famous Buddhist monastery of the period. This is how he describes it:
“The teachers are men of the highest ability and talent. They follow the teachings of the Buddha in all sincerity. The rules of the monastery are strict, and everyone has to follow them. Discussions are held throughout the day, and the old and the young mutually help one another. Learned men from different cities come here to settle their doubts. The gatekeeper asks new entrants difficult questions. They are allowed to enter only after they have been able to answer these. Seven or eight out of every ten are not able to answer.”

1. Name one foreign traveller who visited the Buddhist Monastery at Nalanda? 1
2. Was it easy to enter the Buddhist Monastery at Nalanda?
Who taught in this Monastery?

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Read the passage and answer the questions given below:
Xuan Zang, and other pilgrims spent time studying in Nalanda, (Bihar) the most famous Buddhist monastery of the period. This is how he describes it:
“The teachers are men of the highest ability and talent. They follow the teachings of the Buddha in all sincerity. The rules of the monastery are strict, and everyone has to follow them. Discussions are held throughout the day, and the old and the young mutually help one another. Learned men from different cities come here to settle their doubts. The gatekeeper asks new entrants difficult questions. They are allowed to enter only after they have been able to answer these. Seven or eight out of every ten are not able to answer.”

1.	Name one foreign traveller who visited the Buddhist Monastery at Nalanda? 1 
2.	Was it easy to enter the Buddhist Monastery at Nalanda?		
Who taught in this Monastery?

Accepted Answer

Answer: 
Xuan Zang visited and studied in the Buddhist Monastery at Nalanda.
It was very difficult to enter this Monastery. New entrants were asked difficult questions from by the gatekeeper. Only those who gave correct answer were allowed to enter. Mostly seven or eight out of ten were not able to answer the questions asked by them.
Men of the highest ability and talent taught in this Monastery.

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