Reading Comprehension Notes

Types of Questions:-

1. Primary Purpose

• Primary also used as following words:-
• Central 
• Main
• Chief
• Purpose also used as following words:-
• theme
• idea
• concern
• argument
• conclusion
• opinion
• judgement
• opinion
• stand
• point of view
• Suitable title is also part of Primary Purpose type of Questions
• Words in primary purpose answer choice should be in paragraph majority no. of times.
• Ways to answer this question:-
• Vertical scanning to find a location of a word
• Individual merits/demerits should not be answer
• Word matching from options
• Quotation/Example will never be primary purpose

2. Factual/Specific Details Questions

• Indicators:-
• According to the passage
• Described
• mentioned
• defined
• Based on the information
• accurate
•  It must not have following words:-
• infer
• suggest 
• indicate
• Ways to answer this question:-
• Vertical scanning to find a location of a fact
• Read the question and identify the keywords 
• Word matching from options
• In factual questions, don't think too much. Just coolely locate the fact and do word matching.

3. Sentence Selection

• Word Matching to find the sentence.

 4. Inference Questions

• Indicators:-
• suggest
• infer
• indicate
• probably 
• likely
• Inference and Assumptions are similar words
• Inference is made by reader and Assumption is made by author
• Example of Assumption
• I want to write, therefore I need a pen
• Assumption:- Pen can be used for writing.

Sentence Completion Rules

Not To Do :-

• Do not read options first

To Do:-

• Read and analyze sentence first
• Analyze the option
• Tone - + N
• Meaning unrelated/irrelevant
• structure

Key Indicators:-

• Punctuation
• comma(,)
• _____, ____ (      )_____, _____ The part after 2nd comma will give hint what will come in blank.
• When we though, although, even though, then 2 sentences separated by , are contrast to each other.
• semicolon(;)
• part before and after have similar meaning.
• Colon(:)
• part after the colon(:) should be an elaboration of part before the colon.
• 1 cm dash(-)
• equivalent to colon(:). 
• - - 
• equivalent to 2 commas(,    ,)
• Contrast
• In GRE, disagreement/contrast means totally opposite.
• Criticism
• Disagreement
• Hostility
• avoid
• not
• though, although, even though
• still
• but
• nevertheless
• surprised
• unlike
• distinguished
• differentiated
• separated
• however
• while
• Cause & Effect
• Cause and Effect are complementary to each other
• by v+ing = cause
• Consequently
• because

•  Similarity
• Not only, but also } pair of conjunctions what connects 2 similar sentences
• Like
• Equally
• or
• that, which
• and