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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 6

Topic: Learning and cognition

Q6

Assertion (A) : Learning is always situated in a social context.
Reason (R) : What is learned cannot be separated from how it is learned and used.
Choose the correct option :

  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) Both (A) and (R) are false.
  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) is the idea of situated learning: knowledge is built through social settings and activity.
  2. (R) is true: the content learned is tied to the way it is learned and used.
  3. Because learning cannot be separated from its use, it always sits in a social context. So (R) explains (A).