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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 111

Topic: Assessment in language

Q111

Assertion (A) : A student portfolio is a purposeful collection of pieces of student work.
Reason (R) : The Portfolio can encourage students to evaluate their own strengths and weaknesses.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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

Solution.

CBSE answer: (4)

Answer: (4) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

  1. A is true: a portfolio is a planned, purposeful collection of a child's work over time.
  2. R is true: going through their own work helps children see their strengths and weaknesses.
  3. The word 'purposeful' is the link. The work is chosen with a purpose, and a central purpose is self-reflection and self-evaluation by the learner.
  4. So R tells us why the collection is purposeful, which explains A.

Trap: (1) treats R as just a side benefit, but self-evaluation is the very purpose that makes the collection 'purposeful'.