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How to Solve Reading Comprehension - Tips & Tricks

Dear Aspirants
English is considered a monster section by most of the Banking Aspirants. Also it
has been found that even after a good quality of preparation, it is dif cult to score
cent percent.
In this post, we particularly are emphasizing on the Reading Comprehension
topic, which constitutes maximum number of questions in any Banking Exam.
Subsequently in this post we will analyze the approach, and strategize to score
better in this section.
Reading Comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its
meaning. In addition, RCs are aimed at testing a candidates Knowledge of two
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elements i.e. Vocabulary and Text Comprehension.

And it is interesting to note that both these elements play a crucial role in better
understanding of the passage i.e. for understanding a text, one must have better

knowledge of Vocabulary. But what is more complex and varied out of the above
two elements is the Text Comprehension.
The current trend of questions that come in the RC are inference based i.e. the
questions are not direct but one has to infer from the given passage. Also there
can be one or more conclusions given in the question which are true/false
depending on what is asked in the question.
Now lets move towards the Approach that one should follow while performing
a RC in the exam.
The most common suggestion and approach is rst read the entire passage and
then answer the question that follows. Firstly lets discuss this approach in detail.
Try to make notes while solving/ reading RCs. It is crucial for locating the
appropriate information and also acts as a mental bookmark, thus helping in
better understanding of the topic.
While making notes, one must look towards and identify following things:
i) Subject of the passage which/what is the precise thing the author, is talking
about.
ii) Main idea of the passage what the author is saying about the subject.
iii) Tone of the author of the passage - which is manner author has adopted in the
passage.
As soon as one gure out the above three things and central point of the passage,
one will be familiar with the gist [GI general Idea + S Structure + T- Tone] of
the passage. This will also help you to build a thematic composition and logical
sequence of the passage. Thus enable you to answer questions from particular
parts of the passage.

But this sole approach is bene cial for the ones who generally read very fast. Then what
approach should one follow in a RC, below are the some of the approaches that
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one must try.

1. Instead of reading the entire passage, read critically the rst and last paragraph
of the RC. Generally what the author is saying can be identi ed in the rst few
lines of the passage, which in case of longer passages becomes roughly 1/3rd of
the passage. For the rest passage examine hastily, what the author has said about
the subject.
Also for longer passages, try to put down in 10-15 words, for each paragraph,

what you feel are the central points of the passage.

2. The next thing in this approach is to identify the structural words that tell you
the important Ideas or Transitions in a passage. These structural words play a
speci c role in a sentence and paragraph. The most common structural words are
given below:

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These three kinds of words describe three roles that words can play in a
paragraph.
For e.g.
Continuity words: The author would support his point of view further.
Contrast words: The author would introduce a contrarian point of view.
Conclusion words: The author would sum up his argument so far.

3. Further try to recognize the words that represent positive and negative role in
the passage. These words will let you decide whether the author is for or against
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the subject. A few examples of such words are given below:

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Thus these words help you establish the motive of the author.
4. Whenever a question is asked on a phrase given in the passage, just read the

three lines above and below that phrase to have an idea of what is implicit from
that phrase.
5. There are around 4-6 questions based on Synonyms and Antonyms, these
questions can be answered if you have good vocabulary and if your vocabulary is
not good, then read the sentence in which the word is used to get a rough idea of
the meaning of the word.
Now lets discuss how one should attempt RC questions in the Exam. Generally,
there are 2 ways in which a RC can be attempted which are given below:
1. PQ Approach (passage rst, then the questions)
Read the entire passage thoroughly rst and then read the questions
Skim & Scan through the passage and keep going back and forth with
questions and passage
Read the rst 2 paragraphs, scan all the questions and see what you can
answer, then read Para 3 & 4, scan the questions and see what you can
answer, then read Para 5& 6!!
2. QP approach (questions rst, then the passage)
Read all the questions with their answer options rst and then the passage
Read question 1 with all the options, then go through the entire passage to
answer it. Then read question 2, go through the entire passage. Then
question 3!

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Just read all the question stems, without reading the answer options. Then
read the passage and try answering the questions by reading them with the
options.
After practicing all above strategy and approach, here is a list of tips you must
follow while doing a RC.
1. Eliminate and not select: In most cases, elimination of choices work better than
selection of choices. Here is an approach to eliminate which is BANE. Eliminate
choices that are too broad, too narrow, that are alien (Strange) and too extreme.
2. Never apply your own knowledge to the given passage. Con ne your
understanding to the given passage only.

Thanks
Team GradeUp

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