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CTET 1 Mar 2026 Paper 1, Question 85

Topic: Pedagogy of EVS

Q85

The curriculum of EVS can be made much richer and more creative only if it is based on the principle of moving from the concrete to the abstract. Which of the following is indicating the principle of concrete to abstract in the context of learning EVS ?
(i) The knowledge of the class should be linked to the children’s own life experience.
(ii) The natural and social environment of the child should be explained first.
(iii) Emphasis should be placed on the need to protect the child’s natural environment.
(iv) Emphasis should be given on the participation of children in the knowledge construction of children.
Choose the correct option :

  1. (1) (i) and (iv)Correct answer
  2. (2) (i) only
  3. (3) (ii) only
  4. (4) (ii) and (iii)

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) (i) and (iv)

  1. Concrete to abstract means starting from what children have seen, touched and done, and only then moving to general ideas.
  2. (i) links classroom knowledge to the child's own life experience, the concrete starting point.
  3. (iv) has children take part in building knowledge through doing, observing and discussing, which is concrete experience turning into concepts.
  4. (iii) is about conservation, a value, not the order of learning.

Trap: (ii) says the environment should be explained first; a teacher's explanation is telling, not the child's own concrete experience.