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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 140

Topic: Language and thought

Q140

The idea that ‘The language provides the framework for our thoughts’ is supported by :

  1. (1) Jean Piaget
  2. (2) Jerome Bruner
  3. (3) Sapir-Whorf HypothesisCorrect answer
  4. (4) Noam Chomsky

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

  1. Sapir and Whorf proposed that the language we speak shapes how we think and see the world.
  2. This is called linguistic relativity.
  3. Piaget held the opposite: thought comes first and language follows.
  4. Chomsky focused on an inborn capacity for language.

Trap: (1) Piaget links language and thought, but places thought before language.