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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 140

Topic: Listening and speaking

Q140

An active listener immediately understands

  1. (1) logic behind what the speaker is sayingCorrect answer
  2. (2) what the speaker is trying to say
  3. (3) what the other person is saying
  4. (4) what the speaker wants to say

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) logic behind what the speaker is saying

  1. Active listening means more than hearing the words; the listener follows the reasoning behind them.
  2. Such a listener at once sees why the speaker says something and how the ideas connect.
  3. Options (2) and (4) say the same thing in different words, so neither can be the single best answer.
  4. (3) only describes hearing the words, which even a passive listener does.

Trap: (2) sounds right, but it is just a rewording of (4) and misses the deeper reasoning.