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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 150

Topic: Reading skills

Q150

Assertion (A) : Reading is more than just pronouncing a word right.
Reason (R) : Reading is decoding.
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).Correct answer
  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).

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

  1. (A) is true: reading means understanding and making meaning, not only saying words correctly.
  2. (R) is also true as a statement: reading does involve decoding, turning written symbols into sounds and words.
  3. But decoding is the very part of reading that (A) says is not enough, so (R) cannot explain why reading is 'more than' pronouncing words.

Trap: (2) treats 'reading is decoding' as false; read as 'reading involves decoding' it is true, it just does not explain (A).