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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 146

Topic: Writing skills

Q146

Assertion (A) : Drawing is considered to be the beginning of writing in the early literacy.
Reason (R) : Pictures are symbols and carry meaning.
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) In early literacy, children's drawings are their first attempts to put meaning on paper. True.
  2. (R) Pictures are symbols that carry meaning, just as letters do. True.
  3. Writing is also a use of symbols to carry meaning, so drawing is its starting point. Hence (R) explains (A).