Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
In the light of the following two statements, choose the correct option.
Assertion (A): Through online teaching, a large number of students can be taught by very competent faculty.
Reason (R): Online teaching helps students in developing critical thinking more than offline teaching can do.
ABoth (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
BBoth (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
C(A) is true, but (R) is false ✓ Correct
D(A) is false, but (R) is true
Correct answer: (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false — The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is that A is true but R is false.
Explanation
★The assertion is true while the reason is false, so the answer is that A is true but R is false.
★Online teaching can indeed reach a large number of students through very competent faculty at once, so the assertion is true.
★A single able teacher online can address learners spread across many places, confirming the assertion.
★The reason claims online teaching develops critical thinking more than offline teaching, which is not established.
★Offline, face-to-face discussion often fosters critical thinking at least as well as online teaching.
★So the assertion holds but the reason is false, giving the answer that A is true but R is false.
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