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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1, Question 18

Topic: Gender

Q18

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) : Teachers in middle classes often have different expectations from boys and girls.
Reason (R) : Beliefs about ‘sex’ differences inform stereotypes, which often leads to just two labels — boys and girls.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) Both true; (R) explains (A).

  1. (A) is true: teachers often expect different behaviour, subjects and achievement from boys and girls.
  2. (R) is true: beliefs about biological sex differences feed stereotypes that sort children into two fixed labels.
  3. These stereotypes are the source of the different expectations, so (R) explains (A).

Trap: (3) treats the stereotype as unrelated to the teacher's expectations.