Reading Comprehension

Introduction to Reading Comprehension Concepts 

Reading Comprehension aka RC. A passage containing complete details.. Introduction to conclusion is highly important for CAT and OMETs (Other Management Entrance Tests like XAT, MAT, SNAP, IIFT, CMAT, NMAT etc). Questions are asked from the RC. Simple..

You need to develop the ability to process text, understand its meaning, and to integrate it with what you already know from the RC. 

 Some Fundamental skills required to Master RC -

• To find the purpose of the passage

• Ability to understand the meaning of the context as a whole

• To identify the structure of RC  

• Ability to draw inferences from a passage about its contents

• Ability to identify the Main Idea of a passage

• Ability to answer fact-based questions from the RC

• Ability to recognize the literary devices or propositional structures used in a passage 

• To understand the tone and mood of the author

• To determine the writer's purpose, intent, and point of view, 

• To draw out inferences about the writer

Let me tell you, VARC is not a cakewalk, it is profound. If you miss a slight concept, you will mark the wrong option. The most dangerous fact is that you won't even realize what you got wrong and why, if not prepared carefully.