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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 137

Topic: Reading skills

Q137

A collection of short stories and other narratives are prescribed as supplementary reader for language learning. What is the major purpose of the supplementary reader ?

  1. (1) To promote intensive reading.
  2. (2) To promote moral learning.
  3. (3) To promote extensive reading.Correct answer
  4. (4) To promote multilingualism.

Solution.

CBSE answer: (3)

Answer: (3) To promote extensive reading.

  1. A supplementary reader holds stories and narratives that children read on their own, for pleasure and general understanding.
  2. Reading a lot of such material for enjoyment is extensive reading.
  3. It builds reading habit, fluency and vocabulary.

Trap: (1) intensive reading is the close, detailed study done with the main textbook.