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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 135

Topic: Multilingualism

Q135

Read the following statements :
A. Dialect is a variety of a language, spoken in one part of a country.
B. Languages have written literature but dialects have oral tradition.
Which of these statements is/are linguistically correct about language and dialect ?

  1. (1) Only A is true.Correct answer
  2. (2) Both A and B are true.
  3. (3) Both A and B are false.
  4. (4) Only B is true.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Only A is true.

  1. A is correct: a dialect is a regional variety of a language spoken in one area.
  2. B is not correct linguistically: many dialects have written literature, and many languages exist only in speech.
  3. Linguists see the language and dialect divide as social and political, not based on having writing.

Trap: (2) accepts B, a popular belief that linguistics does not support.