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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1, Question 14

Topic: Heredity and environment

Q14

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) : Children’s development is a direct result of unfolding of genetic codes.
Reason (R) : Childhood is a natural biological stage of development.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Both (A) and (R) are false.

  1. (A) is false: development results from the interaction of heredity and environment, not from genes alone.
  2. (R) is false in the NCF view: childhood is shaped by society and culture, so it is a social construct, not purely a biological stage.
  3. Children's experiences of childhood differ across class, gender and culture.

Trap: (3) accepts the purely biological view in both statements.