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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 96

Topic: Writing skills

Q96

In process writing approach, pre-writing is :

  1. (1) One element of the writing process during which writers consider what they have written and make changes in the content.
  2. (2) One element of the writing process during which writers generate potential topics and writing ideas.Correct answer
  3. (3) One element of the writing process during which writers formally share their work with a wider audience.
  4. (4) One element of the writing process during which writers capture preliminary ideas.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Writers generate potential topics and writing ideas

  1. Process writing moves through pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and publishing.
  2. Pre-writing comes first: brainstorming, choosing a topic and gathering ideas.
  3. Option 1 describes revising and option 3 describes publishing.

Trap: option 4 (capturing preliminary ideas on paper) describes drafting, the step that follows pre-writing.