More often than not, the incorrect option will have something in it that disqualifies it from being correct. There might be some extreme terms in the option or the option might convey something which might be true but has not been given in the passage.
Vocabulary: As stated earlier, a student with good comprehension skills does sufficiently well in this domain. You can always work out the contextual meaning of a word to get the gist of any discussion. It would be best if you refrained from going through tonnes of material to memorise words. Instead, take sectional mocks and topic tests regularly to measure your improvement and solidify your ability to identify and approach such questions.
H aving a decent vocabulary is helpful in cracking the exam. CAT has refrained from asking the meaning of words out of the blue for a good reason. Reading speed: When you are in the initial stages of developing a reading habit, do not read under time pressure. Take a sufficient amount of time to comprehend the chosen article and thoroughly dissect the meaning of each paragraph. After repeated practise, this will substantially improve your accuracy and allow you to maximise your attempts eventually.
In fact, you would be pretty surprised to see your scores improve considerably after simply spending some quality time reading and following the aforementioned mechanisms.
Also, the length of the passages has gone down over the years. The subject matter too is not dense. The time available is sufficient to read the passages irrespective of your reading speed. Your ability to comprehend the passage matters a lot more in RC than the speed at which you read the passage. Reading the questions first: Many of the questions that appear in RCs are inference-based by nature. Reading the questions first might help in factual RCs.
However, the questions that appear in CAT require a thorough understanding of the passage and hence, reading the questions first will not be a good idea. Read the passage first and assimilate the information provided before moving on to the questions. Maintain objectivity: Do not let your knowledge of a topic interfere with the information provided in the passage.
Stick to what that has been given in the passage while answering the RC questions and avoid making conclusions based on your knowledge of the subject discussed. Also, if the author argues for a point you are personally opposed to, avoid letting your personal biases creep into the passage, during the exam. The next step is to practice a lot of questions on reading comprehension. Taking a lot of Mocks for CAT and Sectional tests will help you to get a hold on the concepts, which you can use to fine tune your test taking strategies.
We hope that this article helped you to know the important tips to improve reading comprehension, and how to prepare for reading comprehension for CAT VARC. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This is why, reading regularly is required, as you will learn new words and its usage, and hence will be able to comprehend the passage faster and with much ease.
Eliminating the options can be an amazing way to save time and narrow down to the right answers. What you can do is, before starting the RC read the questions, proceed to read and skimming the passage, and identify the para where the answer for one question is located. Now go back and read the options and you will be able to understand which options are irrelevant. Now eliminate these option and you will have greater accuracy of marking the rigth answers!
Try to use this technique especially in questions involving inferences and central ideas. Like we have mentioned in the previous point, your focus should be more on the ideas being conveyed in the passage. Sometimes the passages are soo long and difficult that it can take up over 15 minute to get through it entirely.
Most answers can be found in just one or 2 paragraphs. In this manner, you have to work smartly! Read the questions first, know what answers are expected out of you, read the passage strategically, and answer accordingly. You should be able to hit the bulls in the eye. The central idea is just one idea that is stated directly or indirectly through the different parts of the passages.
Most of the illustrations and examples in the passage will try to drive at the same point. So identifying this point is the key to getting the central idea right. One mistake a lot of students make is to grab one sentence that explicitly says a point and make it the central idea.
Sometimes, this is just to trick you to choose the closest answer, however, the real idea or tone can only be understood when you read the whole passage. So, be patient and carefully try to understand what the passage is trying to say and only then get to the central idea of the RC. After following all the steps and strategies given above, you will be able to tackle RCs in a better manner, but remember that this would be possible only if you practice solving passages on a regular basis.
Try to give mocks as much as possible, because solving in a timed environment can be very different from just solving passages randomly. Also remember, that while the steps we have provided above are effective for most RCs, the strategy to solve RCs for each MBA exam will also be different based on the questions they ask and the time limit given.
So, the best way is to keep solving them, this way you will improve your speed, know how to get the central idea, and eliminate options effectively. Keep working on it using the mentioned strategy and tips, and soon RCs will become one of your strong areas. Anisha Mukhija. How to crack Verbal?
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The student can refer to the passage and answer such questions. They are usually phrased as: According to the passage …. In the concluding paragraph, the author says that… c Attitude or Tonal Questions : To answer such questions, the student needs to have an idea of the theme of the passage. As such, this kind of question is fairly easy. Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage? These questions usually have the following form: By which of the following methods does the author develop the passage primarily?
The author introduces the point at line in order to … e Inference Questions : Such questions ask you to go beyond what is explicitly stated in the passage.
Questions in this category are very difficult reading comprehension questions. They are often stated in this manner: The author implies that…. It can be deduced that… f Application Questions: To answer such questions, the student should have understood the point of view of the author thoroughly.
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