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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1, Question 88

Topic: Animals

Q88

Read the following Assertion and its Reason and choose the correct answer.
Assertion (A) : Without worker-bee, there would be neither beehieve nor any nectar collection.
Reason (R) : The male bees have very special role as workers.

  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.Correct answer
  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: (2)

Answer: (2) (A) is true but (R) is false.

  1. (A) is true: worker bees build the comb and collect nectar, so without them there is no hive and no honey.
  2. (R) is false: worker bees are females. Male bees (drones) do not work in the hive; their role is to mate with the queen.

Trap: (4) treats males as workers, which is the exact error in (R).