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CTET 7 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 70

Topic: Animals

Q70

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.

  1. (1) Both A and R are true and R explains A.
  2. (2) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.Correct answer
  3. (3) A is true but R is false.
  4. (4) A is false but R is true.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Both A and R are true but R does not explain A.

  1. A is true: taming animals happened slowly, over thousands of years, in many regions.
  2. R is true: sheep and goat are among the earliest animals tamed, after the dog.
  3. But naming the first animals tamed does not explain why the process was gradual or widespread.

Trap: (1) treats two true, related facts as cause and effect.