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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1, Question 19

Topic: Inclusive education

Q19

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) : Inclusion incorporates acceptance of differences and ensuring that all forms of exclusion are removed.
Reason (R) : Diversity should be valued rather than looking at it as an obstacle.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Both true; (R) explains (A).

  1. (A) is true: inclusion means accepting differences and removing every barrier that keeps children out of learning.
  2. (R) is true: diversity is a resource for the classroom, not an obstacle.
  3. Inclusion accepts differences precisely because diversity is valued, so (R) gives the reason behind (A).

Trap: (1) treats the value of diversity as a separate idea from inclusion.