Reading Comprehension - An Inroduction

1. Introduction

In the corporate sector, a manager is expected to deal efficiently with copious volumes of unfamiliar and dense information in a limited time span, in order to arrive at the right decision. This is precisely the reason why Reading & comprehension (RC) passages are a recurrent feature in CAT and other MBA entrance examinations. The unending importance of RC can also be gauged from the fact that more than half the number of questions in the verbal section of CAT are from the reading & comprehension component. 

However, some of the aspirants are not very certain about how to prepare for these questions. As a result, this area is often over looked during the preparatory stage and many find themselves in troubled waters when they open the CAT question paper and find 4-5 RC passages questions based on them without having the required knowledge and expertise of how to deal with it.

Tackling RC questions in any entrance exam is a skill. Like any other skill it requires a smart strategy, a systematic approach and loads of practice. All this will go a long way in managing this section effectively and in achieving the score that one intends to get.

There are hundreds of subject areas form which a RC passage can be picked. That is why the aspirants are often advised to infuse variety into their readings. One must try to read as diverse topics as one can lay one’s hands on.

A few of such subject areas are:

Business, Economy,  Religion, Psychology, Pure science, Natural science,  Art and fine art, Social sciences, History, Geograph, Political science, Sociology, Narratives, Biography, Film criticism, Philosophy, Literature, Development study, Others.