CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1 Question Paper in English with Answer Key

Read the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Some children have characteristics that resemble their parents while others are markedly different from their parents.
Reason (R) : Working out how much of any characteristic is due to nature or genes and how much is due to nurture or environment is a complex issue.
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following statements about development is correct?

Read the following statements :
Assertion (A) : The ability to comprehend and speak depends on the physical development of the mouth and brain.
Reason (R) : Emotional development is related to physical growth.
Choose the correct option.

Most children can speak five-six coherent sentences at

As per Lev Vygotsky, as children grow, their language develops from _____.

Piaget described cognitive development as occurring

Rama was mean to her brother Tahir. Next day Tahir got sick. Rama concluded that she made her brother sick.
According to Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is Rama in?

_____ is the process by which children become aware of their gender roles.

Which of the following scenarios is aptly describing the application of Lev Vygotsky’s concept of ‘scaffolding’?

Progressive education is an educational philosophy that emphasizes on _____.

Read the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Children progress from understanding consequences of act to determine whether they are good/bad to understanding that rules and laws are flexible and can be changed.
Reason (R) : According to Kohlberg, children’s moral development occurs in continuous manner and not a discontinuous one.
Choose the correct option.

According to Lev Vygotsky, cognitive development is guided by

Which of the following intelligence helps people to perceive, express, understand and regulate moods and feelings of others?

A child’s first experience as well as expectations of what it means to be a ‘girl’ or a ‘boy’ comes from

An essential characteristic of formative assessment is—

Dysgraphia is a

A teacher should cater to _____ needs of gifted children in the classrooms.

Which of the following are examples of pedagogical approaches to teach students with learning disabilities?
(i) Use of multisensory strategies
(ii) Standardized learning goals
(iii) Flexible and sequential instructions
(iv) Breaking down tasks into smaller parts
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following statements about Autism Spectrum Disorder is correct?

While teaching in inclusive setups, it is important that teachers—

Read the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Teachers should include a variety of children’s literature to create print-rich environment in the classroom.
Reason (R) : Classrooms rich in literacy materials and literacy experiences are central to effective learning.
Choose the correct option.

In order to facilitate students’ learning in a progressive classroom, a teacher should emphasize on the practice of

Seeing Raman, a 4th grade student stuck on a question, his teacher asked him to try the solution while speaking what is going on in his mind. Such verbalization is likely to be—

A teacher who believes in constructivist pedagogy would—

Active engagement of learners implies that the students—

Radha reasons, “Clothes dry faster in the sun than in the shade, so the sun is helping them to dry”. She is showing an understanding of—

Which of the following is an example of intrinsic motivation?

Read the following statements :
Assertion (A) : Teachers who believe in constructivist pedagogy should provide a lot of materials to the children.
Reason (R) : Young children depend solely on verbal instructions and lectures for meaningful learning.
Choose the correct option.

Avoiding the appearance of low ability in front of peers and teachers is an example of

Which of the following is an effective way to promote critical thinking in the classroom?

What is the sum of all the prime numbers between 12 and 49?

If $101 \times 210 - 120 \times 102 = 99 \times 104 - \square$, then what is the number at $\square$?

The sum of all the common factors of 36 and 48 (excluding 1) is

What is the difference between the greatest 4-digit number and the least 4-digit number formed by using the digits 1, 5, 0 and 7 once?

Kanta has five dozen chocolates. She gives $\frac{1}{6}$ of these to Aruna and $\frac{1}{5}$ of the remaining chocolates to Radha. She then gives $\frac{1}{8}$ of the remaining chocolates to each of her other three friends. How many chocolates does Kanta have now?

(LCM of 96, 120 and 160) $\div$ (HCF of 72 and 168) is equal to

The cost of 8 Samosas is ₹156 and that of 4 Idlis is ₹98. Sunita has a ₹200 note only and buys 3 Samosas and 3 Idlis. How much money is left with her now?

24 L 650 mL of milk is filled in 29 bottles each of same size. The quantity of milk in 15 such bottles is

The internal length, breadth and height of a cuboidal box are 12 cm, 10 cm and 8 cm, respectively. A cubical box has side (internal) 9 cm. Avin tries to pack 1800 cubical dice of side 1 cm each in these two boxes. The number of dice which are left unpacked is :

A bag containing potatoes, onions and lemons weighs 46 kg 160 g. The weight of potatoes is 17 kg 115 g and that of onions is 15 kg 325 g. The weight of empty bag is 120 g. If 30 lemons weigh 1 kg, then what is the number of lemons in the bag?

Which of the following has/have only two lines of symmetry?
A. Equilateral triangle
B. Rectangle
C. Rhombus
D. Isosceles triangle
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following letters has a rotational symmetry but no line symmetry?

A pentagonal pyramid has

The following table shows the number of visitors to a library in the first six days of a week :

Days	Number of visitors
Monday	86
Tuesday	114
Wednesday	141
Thursday	95
Friday	124
Saturday	151

On which day, the number of visitors to the library was 29 more than its previous day?

The sum of next two numbers in the pattern 3, 10, 32, 99, _____, _____ is

A teacher writes the number 308 on the blackboard and asks the children to read the number loudly. A child says, “It is thirty-eight.” Which among the following is the most appropriate strategy to rectify the error committed by the child?

A class II mathematics teacher gives the following word problem on addition to the students to solve :
“A bag contains 4 mangoes and 6 more mangoes are added to it. How many total mangoes are there in the bag?”
This type of word problem belongs to which of the following structures of addition?

Which of the following pre-number concepts are relevant for building the understanding of mathematical concepts at foundational stage?

Which of the following is least desirable in a primary school mathematics classroom?

Which of the following is/are appropriate in the context of social perspectives on assessment in mathematics?
A. Bringing the experiences of children outside the school in assessment
B. Making standardized tests
C. Using folk algorithms from different cultures
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following is least appropriate about contextual problems in mathematics?

The statements given below are marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (B) :
A : It is important to introduce data representation and analysis in the primary stage and to strengthen it in the upper primary stage.
B : Data analysis exposes children at primary level to uncertainty and changeability in information as opposed to the fixed nature of mathematical facts they mostly study.
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following is not an expected learning outcome for class III as per NCERT recommendations?

Which of the following mathematical statements is true?

In mathematics, the primary stage curriculum is focussed on _____.

A child writes five hundred three as 5003. It shows that

According to Van Hiele’s levels of development of geometrical thinking, which of the following represents level–2 (relationships)?

Which of the following is the most appropriate example of incorporation of local/cultural knowledge in mathematics teaching-learning?

One of the main guiding principles of the National Education Policy, 2020 is “The highest priority is to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy at _____ by all the students”.

A primary class mathematics teacher brings in two jars of different shapes, with water in one of them, to her classroom. She pours water completely from the taller, thin jar to the shorter, broad jar. She then asks the question, “Which jar can hold more water?”
This activity is most appropriate to teach

The approximate distance between the capital of Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal) and the capital of Maharashtra (Mumbai) is 756 km. If a train covers this distance in nearly 14 hours, the average speed of the train in metre per second is

Consider the following characteristics of houses :
A. Wooden floor and wooden flat ceilings
B. Ground floor without window for animals and storing necessary materials
C. Elevated houses made with slanting roofs and the stone pillars
D. Thick walls made of stones, mud and lime
The characteristics found in the houses of Leh and Ladakh are

Select from the following a state where the meaning of ‘Torang’ is jungle

Consider the following statements about Nepenthes/Pitcher plant :
A. This plant has leaves which are pitcher-shaped and the mouth is covered with a leaf.
B. This plant has a special smell that attracts insects to it.
C. This plant is very common in the cold deserts of Ladakh and Russia.
D. This plant can trap and eat small insects, frogs and even mice. These animals when land on the mouth of the plant, they get trapped and cannot get out of it.
The correct statements are

Which one of the following statements is not true about the houses of Srinagar in Kashmir?

Consider the following statements about beehives :
A. Every beehive has only one queen bee that lays eggs.
B. There are a few males in the hive who make the hive.
C. The number of females is much more than the males in the hive. These female bees are the worker bees who work all day. They also look after the baby bees.
D. The worker bees fly around flowers in search of nectar for honey. On finding flowers with nectar, they do a special kind of dance by which other bees also join them to collect the nectar.
The correct statements are

Consider the following statements about elephants :
A. Elephants live in herds.
B. A herd may have 20 to 25 female elephants and their young ones.
C. Male elephants live in the herd till they are 9–10 years.
D. The oldest female takes all the decisions of the herd.
The correct statements are

More than a thousand years ago, Al-Biruni, a traveller from Uzbekistan, had described his observations about India. Which of the following observations were recorded in Al-Biruni’s book?
A. People of India are very skilled at making ponds.
B. Horses are used to draw carts in India.
C. Step-wells have separate steps for going up and coming down.
D. Lakes and Johads are built to collect water.
Choose the correct option.

People who have been living in the forests for at least _____ have a right over the forest land and what is grown on it, according to the Right to Forest Act, 2007.

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) carefully :
Assertion (A) : Domestication of animals was a gradual process that took place in many parts of the world.
Reason (R) : The earliest domesticated animals include sheep and goat.
Choose the correct option.

Which one of the following animals was not reared by the Harappans?

Which of the following States/Union Territories were carved out in the Indian Union in the last 25 years?

You must have heard about the famous Olympian Karnam Malleswari. What game did she play in international events?

Which one of the following statements is true about Madhubani paintings and the area in which they originated?

Read Assertion (A) and Reason (R) carefully :
Assertion (A) : Mixture of cow dung and mud is used to coat the floor of houses.
Reason (R) : Cow dung helps to regulate the temperature inside the house and keeps the insects away.
Choose the correct option.

Match Column—A with Column—B :

Column—A	Column—B
(a) Peer assessment	(i) Tool of assessment
(b) Rubric-based rating scale	(ii) Self-learning
(c) Assessment as learning	(iii) Summative assessment
(d) Paper-pencil test	(iv) Technique of assessment

Choose the correct option.

Which of the following statements are correct about learning of EVS?
A. Children are naturally curious to learn.
B. Children are passive recipients in learning.
C. Children need teacher for learning.
D. Children learn better in collaborative groups.
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following components best describe the meaning of EVS?
A. Accumulation of facts
B. Observation
C. Asking questions
D. Experimentation
Choose the correct option.

The knowledge of which of the following is the most important for an EVS teacher?

Harleen asked her teacher, “Why do roses have thorns?” What must be the pedagogy of an EVS teacher towards this curiosity?

Isha of class IV asked her teacher, “Why cow does not lay eggs?” What is your most appropriate response if you are Isha’s teacher?

An EVS teacher wants to use storytelling as a strategy for teaching and learning. Which of the following are the most suitable for this?
A. Contextual stories
B. Folk stories
C. Student-written stories
D. Stories focussing on morals
Choose the correct option.

Teacher asked students to draw an animal. Poonam draws an animal, having body parts of different animals. What should the teacher do?
A. Scold Poonam for drawing an absurd animal.
B. Ask Poonam why she has drawn parts of different animals.
C. Tell Poonam that no such animal exists.
D. Ask Poonam the name of the animal she has drawn.
Choose the correct option.

If a teacher wants that students learn about the plant diversity, which of the following are the most suitable activities for this?
A. Ask students to look for objects which have patterns of leaves on them in their house.
B. Recite a poem to students written on different types of plants and their characteristics.
C. Blindfold students and ask the students to identify plants by smelling crushed leaves.
D. Ask students to collect the leaves of plants and make pictures of different animals using the leaves.
Choose the correct option.

Which of the following elements best describe the nature of EVS?
A. Established facts
B. Logical information
C. Observation
D. Scientific terminology
E. Experimentation
Choose the correct option.

Read the following statements A and B carefully :
A. Recommendation of NCF (2005) is to discourage rote learning of information.
B. Recommendation of NCF (2005) is to discourage maintenance of sharp boundaries between different subject areas.
Choose the correct option.

Chinu wants to know how day and night occur. Which of the following methods will be the best to explain this to Chinu?

Read the following statements A and B carefully :
A. In EVS learning, the challenge is to respect the multicultural dimensions of diverse classrooms.
B. In EVS learning, every student should feel important—community, culture and his way of life.
Choose the correct option.

Discussion is used by the EVS teachers in their classes because
A. discussion develops social interaction among children
B. discussion supports authentic and meaningful learning
C. meaningful construction of knowledge occurs when ideas are shared
D. discussion is suitable for the emotionally balanced children
Choose the correct option.

An environmental studies teacher asked his class III children to visit the school garden and collect different types of leaves. Which of the following process skills does the teacher want to develop among children?