CTET Paper I 2026 question paper

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The booklets CBSE published on ctet.nic.in, exactly as issued. Each sitting was set in several sets with the same questions in a different order, so any set is the whole paper. The Bengali supplement holds Parts IV and V — the two language sections — for candidates who took Bengali; it is read alongside the main booklet, not instead of it.

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This paper has been rebuilt as a timed test, each question at the number it carried in the real booklet, and marked out of what it actually holds rather than padded.

The questions, explained

431 questions from this paper carry a worked explanation — not just which option is right, but why, and why the strongest wrong one is wrong. Where the Board's own key departs from standard theory, the explanation gives both.

• CTET February 2026 — Paper I, 2026-02-07, Set S · Q 1

  Read the following statements : Assertion (A) : Some children have characteristics that resemble their parents while others are markedly different from their parents. Reason (R) : Working out how much of any characteristic is due to nature or genes and how much is due to nurture or environment is a complex issue. Choose the correct option.

  1. 1.Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
  2. 2.Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
  3. 3.A is true but R is false.
  4. 4.Both A and R are false.

  1 mark · medium · Influence of Heredity and Environment

• CTET February 2026 — Paper I, 2026-02-08, Set B · Q 1

  Extrinsic motivation comes from __________ while intrinsic motivation is based on __________.

  1. 1.personal satisfaction; rewards such as prizes
  2. 2.avoidance of punishment; rewards such as prizes
  3. 3.approval of others; personal satisfaction
  4. 4.personal satisfaction; approval of others

  1 mark · medium · Motivation and learning

• CTET February 2026 — Paper I, 2026-03-01, Set K · Q 1

  Given below are two statements, one marked as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Read the statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A) : At any age, the teacher should focus on what the child cannot do rather than what they can do with help or support. Reason (R) : Lev Vygotsky proposed that learning should include only those behaviours that the child can do independently.

  1. 1.Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
  2. 2.(A) is true, but (R) 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).

  1 mark · medium · Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives

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