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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 98

Topic: Pedagogy of language

Q98

Given below are two statements, one marked as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option.
Assertion (A) : Language is an effective tool for communication.
Reason (R) : Language helps to convey social messages.

  1. (1) (A) is true, but (R) false.
  2. (2) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  3. (3) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).Correct answer
  4. (4) (R) is true, but (A) is false.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) Both true, and (R) explains (A)

  1. A is true: language is the main tool people use to communicate.
  2. R is true: through language we pass on social messages, ideas and values.
  3. Conveying messages to others is exactly what communication means, so R gives the reason why language works as a tool of communication.

Trap: option 2 is tempting because R gives only one use of language, but that use is the core of communication itself.