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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 21

Topic: Teaching practices

Q21

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.

  1. (1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.Correct answer
  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.
  4. (4) Both A and R are false.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  1. A is true: storybooks, poems, picture books and charts on display build a print-rich classroom.
  2. R is true: classrooms full of reading materials and reading-writing experiences support effective learning.
  3. R gives the reason for A: teachers add varied literature precisely because such a literacy-rich environment is central to learning.

Trap: (2) misses that R directly justifies A.