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CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 Mizo, Question 99

Topic: Reading comprehension

Passage

Hriattirna : Ngun takin a hnuaia thute hi chhiar la, a chhanna dik thlang chhuak rawh. (Q. Nos. 91 to 99)
Pu Zara chuan, "Anih leh, lehkha chhiar thiam in duh em ?" a ti a. Diki chuan, "Duh e," a ti a. Pu Zara chuan, Lehkha chhiar thiam in duh chuan in chhiar thin atul a ni. "Lehkha chhiar hnem apiangin lehkha chhiar an thiam asin," a ti a. Rema chuan, "Mahse a peihawm lo e!" a ti a. A pu chuan. "Engah nge a peihawm loh vang ? I tui zâwng tak kha i chhiar mai dawn alawm," a ti a. Rema chuan, "Ka pu ka tui zâwng lehkhabu chhiar tur a awm dawn em ni ?" a ti a. A pu chuan, "Awm e a, milem bu te, thawnthu bu te, nungcha chanchin ziahna bu te chi hrang hrang a tam alawm," a ti a. Rema chuan, "Anih leh ka pu, eng nge lehkha chhiar chu a tangkaina ?" a ti a.
Pu Zara chuan, "Lehkha chhiar hnem chuan thil an hre hnem a, an fing deuh nge nge thin. An ngaihtuahna a zau va, an bula awm pawh a nuam duh. Nang pawh fin i duh chuan lehkha chhiar i peih a ngai a ni," a ti a. Diki chuan, "E! Chu vang chu a ni ngei ngei ang ka pu, thiante pawh i ngah viau ni," a ti a. Rema chuan, "Lehkha a chhiar hnem avangin maw thiante a ngah ?" a ti a. Diki chuan, "Ni e, a chhiar zau va, thil a hria a, sawi tur a hre tam a. Chuvangin, mite pawh hian kawm nuam an ti a, thian a ngah phah hle a ni." a ti a.

Q99

Pu Zara kawm nawmna chhan chu :

  1. (1) A leng peih
  2. (2) A chhiar zauCorrect answer
  3. (3) Rualkawm a thiam
  4. (4) A ziak tam

Solution.

CBSE answer: (2)

Answer: (2) A chhiar zau

  1. Diki explains at the end: "a chhiar zau va, thil a hria a, sawi tur a hre tam a" (he reads widely, knows things, has much to talk about).
  2. "Chuvangin" (because of this) people find him pleasant to talk to, and he has many friends.
  3. So the root reason is his wide reading.

Trap: (3) Rualkawm a thiam (good at making friends) is the result, not the cause the passage gives.