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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 7

Topic: Piaget

Q7

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?

  1. (1) Sensorimotor stage
  2. (2) Preoperational stageCorrect answer
  3. (3) Concrete operational stage
  4. (4) Formal operational stage

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Preoperational stage

  1. Rama links two events just because one came after the other: she was mean, then Tahir fell ill.
  2. This faulty cause-and-effect reasoning (transductive reasoning) and seeing herself as the cause of events are typical of children of about 2 to 7 years.
  3. Children in the concrete operational stage understand real causes of illness better.

Trap: (1) sensorimotor children are infants without such verbal conclusions.