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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 11

Topic: Kohlberg

Q11

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.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

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

  1. A is true: in Kohlberg's theory children move from judging right and wrong by consequences (pre-conventional) towards seeing rules and laws as social agreements that can be changed (post-conventional).
  2. R is false: Kohlberg described moral development in distinct stages that follow a fixed order, so it is discontinuous, stage-wise.

Trap: (1) accepts R just because A describes a gradual progression.