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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 16

Topic: Piaget

Q16

As per Jean Piaget’s theory of development, children develop __________ by the end of sensorimotor stage.

  1. (1) Hypothetical logical reasoning
  2. (2) Object permanenceCorrect answer
  3. (3) Symbolic thinking
  4. (4) Conservation

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) Object permanence

  1. The sensorimotor stage runs from birth to about 2 years.
  2. Its key achievement is object permanence: knowing that things still exist when they are out of sight.
  3. Symbolic thinking flowers in the pre-operational stage, conservation in the concrete operational stage, and hypothetical reasoning in the formal operational stage.

Trap: (3) begins to appear near age 2, but it is the hallmark of the next stage.