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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 Khasi, Question 116

Topic: Language acquisition

Q116

Kano na kine ki jingong kaba ïadei bad ki nongshah hikai ba dang sdang ka bashisha (true) :

  1. (1) Ki nongshah hikai kiba dang lung ki shem shitom ban sngewthuh ïa ki symboh jingmut jingpyrkhat (abstract concept)Correct answer
  2. (2) Ki nongshah hikai ba dang lung ki sngewthuh shiteng shiliang (partially) ïa ki symboh jingmut jingpyrkhat
  3. (3) Ki nongshah hikai ba dang lung ki khih mynsiem (motivated) da ki symboh jingmut jingpyrkhat
  4. (4) Ki nongshah hikai kiba dang lung ki sngewthuh ïa ki symboh jingmut jingpyrkhat (abstract concepts)

Solution.

CBSE answer: (1)

Answer: (1) Ki nongshah hikai kiba dang lung ki shem shitom ban sngewthuh ïa ki symboh jingmut jingpyrkhat (abstract concept) (young learners find abstract concepts hard)

  1. Young children think in concrete terms; they learn from things they can see, touch and do.
  2. Abstract ideas are hard for them to grasp, as Piaget's stages also show.
  3. So the true statement is that young learners find abstract concepts difficult.

Trap: (3) abstract concepts do not motivate young learners; concrete activities do.