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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1, Question 24

Topic: Teaching practices

Q24

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) : Effective teaching involves presenting information to students in an organized manner and provide opportunities for discussion.
Reason (R) : Learning is primarily a process of memorization and reproduction of information.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) (A) is true, but (R) false.

  1. (A) is true: organised presentation together with discussion helps children make sense of ideas.
  2. (R) is false: learning is active construction of meaning, not mainly memorising and reproducing information.
  3. Discussion in (A) itself shows that learning goes beyond reproduction.

Trap: (2) accepts the rote view of learning in (R).