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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 143

Topic: Reading skills

Q143

Which of the following is true for nature of reading ?

  1. (1) Children learn to read through involvement in the act of reading.Correct answer
  2. (2) We need to understand all the words in order to understand the meaning of the text.
  3. (3) Maturation in sensorimotor skills is assumed to transfer to reading skills.
  4. (4) Reading is just the ability to decode.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Children learn to read through involvement in the act of reading.

  1. Reading is making meaning from text, and children learn it by actually reading meaningful material.
  2. Readers guess unknown words from context, so not every word is needed.
  3. Decoding is only one part; understanding is the goal.

Trap: (4) reduces reading to decoding, and (2) ignores the use of context to guess meaning.