Quickly read the first 2-3 sentences and decide whether it's a topic that you actually enjoy reading or it's something you find boring. If you pick a topic of your interest, chances are that you will be able to finish it in half of time.
But we are not always lucky so, her is how you should proceed in a comprehension.
Step 1: You can have a look at the questions. It will give you a fair idea most of the time, that is passage wants to convey.
Step 2: Skim through the paragraph quickly to understand what the author is saying and also make notes of what sections of the comprehension talk about what ideas. This will help you find answers quickly after you have read the questions.
Note: Do not try to attempt a question which is difficult to understand or the answer to it is not easily traceable in the passage.
Step 3: Never assume any answer or use any outside knowledge. As most of the time, we want to understand the author's point of view.
Step 4: Try to eliminate the least possible answers in order to reach the most probable answer. This will be more useful in case of predicting the meaning of a word.
Step 5: Closing paragraphs are sing conclusive so reading that also the starting para can help you in answering the questions in which the nature/spirit of the passage is asked.
Step 6: If a question revolves around a particular word or sentence then read at least two sentences before and after the sentence in question. This will help you understand the idea of where the point started and where the author is going with it.
Step 7: Antonym & synonym based questions can be solved by noticing how the word is used in the sentence. Since word can have multiple meanings, there can be more than one choice that gives the correct answer but only once choice will fit the word in the particular context.
Example
The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and says, "This is important and that does not amount to row of beans; deserves no ones attention, and should travel the wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
But we are not always lucky so, her is how you should proceed in a comprehension.
Step 1: You can have a look at the questions. It will give you a fair idea most of the time, that is passage wants to convey.
Step 2: Skim through the paragraph quickly to understand what the author is saying and also make notes of what sections of the comprehension talk about what ideas. This will help you find answers quickly after you have read the questions.
Note: Do not try to attempt a question which is difficult to understand or the answer to it is not easily traceable in the passage.
Step 3: Never assume any answer or use any outside knowledge. As most of the time, we want to understand the author's point of view.
Step 4: Try to eliminate the least possible answers in order to reach the most probable answer. This will be more useful in case of predicting the meaning of a word.
Step 5: Closing paragraphs are sing conclusive so reading that also the starting para can help you in answering the questions in which the nature/spirit of the passage is asked.
Step 6: If a question revolves around a particular word or sentence then read at least two sentences before and after the sentence in question. This will help you understand the idea of where the point started and where the author is going with it.
Step 7: Antonym & synonym based questions can be solved by noticing how the word is used in the sentence. Since word can have multiple meanings, there can be more than one choice that gives the correct answer but only once choice will fit the word in the particular context.
Example
The casual horrors and real disasters are thrown at newspaper reader without discrimination. In the contemporary arrangements for circulating the news, an important element, evaluation is always weak and often wanting entirely. There is no point anywhere along the line somewhere someone put his foot down for certain and says, "This is important and that does not amount to row of beans; deserves no ones attention, and should travel the wires no farther". The junk is dressed up to look as meaningful as the real news.
1. "row of beans" means
- to be of little importance
- lots of beans
- a difficult task
- not go smoothly
Correct Ans: (A)
Description: Row of beans idiom means something to be of little importance.
2. The passage implies that
- There is no point in having censorship
- Newspapers always dress up junk to look meaningful.
- one has to be strict in selecting news items
- There has to be censorship on newspapers
Correct Ans: (B)
Description: The passage implies that newspapers always dress up junk to look meaningful. News paper ignores it and fabricate it what sensationalize people.
3. Newspapers lack a sense of discrimination because
- They have to accept whatever is received on the wires.
- limited manpower makes serious evolution impossible
- People don't see the difference between 'junk' and 'real' news
- they do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism.
Correct Ans: (D)
Description: They do not separate the real news from mere sensationalism. Sensationalism in media is the the presentation of stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
4. In the above passage, the phrase "amounts to a row of beans" means that the news
- Should travel the wires.
- is junk dressed up as real news
- deserves no one's attention
- is weak and often wanting entirely
Correct Ans: (C)
Description: The idiom row of beans means very little, or of no use. And in the options only B does justice to its meaning.
5. The writer of the above passage
- is shocked by the casual stories about horrors and disasters reported in the newspapers.
- Wants better evaluation of news before publication.
- Seems to be happy with the contemporary arrangements for circulating news.
- Wants to put his foot down on news stories.
Correct Ans: (B)
Description: The writer of the passage wants better evaluation of news before publication.
6. Evaluation of news would imply?
- Less dependence on modern systems of communication
- separating beans from junk
- discriminating horrors from disasters
- more careful analysis of each news story and its value
Correct Ans: (D)
Description: More careful analysis of each news story and its value.
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