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1. READING COMPREHENSION II
The Reading Comprehension section basically checks our understanding of English language,
word power and how well we can comprehend a given passage.
The Reading Comprehension part of the Verbal Ability section requires a good skill over the English
language and comprehending. Reading comprehension (RC) is the ability to read and understand
unfamiliar materials and to answer questions about them.
"Our focus while reading should be NOT to READ fast but to COMPREHEND fast."
Areas we need to focus for the Reading comprehension section In order to excel in the Reading
Comprehension section, we need to follow the certain guidelines. We should improve our word
power, should be able to read fast and comprehend fas t e r. Understand what is asked in the question
and an- swer appropriately.
The common solution to improve all these sections is reading. In order to improve on our RC and VA
section you need to broaden our background knowledge by reading newspapers, magazines, and
books. We should discuss one topic of the paper with our parents or friends.
Followed by our reading habit, we should also develop the habit of practicing a lot. Try to get more
practice in reading, particularly in reading dense materials fast.
Improving speed to solve Reading Comprehension. We need to manage our time while solving
exam paper. So even if it is a long passage, we cannot spend much time in the Reading
Comprehension section.Some pointers on improving the speed in reading the passages:
1. Focus on three to four main words in a sentence.
2. Time the reading speed and decrease the time we take to read gradually.
3. Identify main parts of the paragraph.
4. We can mark the important points/words/sentences .
5. While reading, move our eyes fast from left to right, focusing on min words.
6. After finishing an article, write the gist of that. This will help us know how much we
remember of that passage.
7. Write a summary of about 100 to 150 words every day on the editorial as it
Make a note of the. Difficult words. And find their meanings f r o m a S t a n d a r d English dictionary
will help in building thought process. Make a note of the difficulty words and find their meaning from a
Standard English dictionary. Try and maintain notebook/ prepare flash cards that we can go through in
our. free time
8.Time our self while reading. We should be able to read200 to 250 words in a Minutes time.
Directions: Read the following passage rid answer questions that follow:
PASSAGE- 1
Political independence came to Ceylon in a totally different manner than it did to Burma. In the case
of Ceylon there was no Japanese occupation, no revolutionary fervent and no sudden break with the
past. The colony did not even experience the sort of liberation struggle the Indian National Congress
organised. There was no civil disobedience or non-cooperation and no imprisonment of national
leaders.
As there was no struggle in Ceylon, neither was there the usual concomitant of a struggle, the
hardening of national solidarity through national sacrifice. Ceylon emerged from colonial rule
through a process of peaceful negotiations, but this was not an altogether unmixed blessing. An
essential element in the explanation of the unique way in which Ceylon achieved political
independence is the fact that the process of Westernisation had gone further there than in other
colonial territories. To start with, Ceylon had experienced nearly four hundred and fifty years of
colonial rule, first under the Portuguese, then the Dutch, and finally the British. From schools
founded and run by Christian missions - and in the British era more and more modelled on British
lines, even to the extent in some cases of emulating English public schools - there emerged a
thoroughly Anglicised upper class with generally conservative political leanings. These Ceylonese
were so much like their colonial masters in outlook, manners, and social habits that they were often
called brown sahibs, and negotiations between them and the British were almost in the nature of
dealings between gentlemen of the same club.
After the First World War, this elite group formed a Ceylonese National Congress, which it hoped
would grow in strength like its Indian prototype. But it collapsed a few years before the country
achieved independence. During the period of British rule, Ceylonese leaders felt no inclination to
make any radical or egalitarian appeals for public support and nationalism struck no roots among the
masses. It is no wonder, then, that the British felt that such men could safely be entrusted with even
larger instalments of political responsibility.
1. The Ceylonese struggle for freedom was characterised by
(a)civil disobedience
(b)revolutionary fervent
(c) terroristic activities on the part of the nationalists
(d) peaceful negotiations
2. What, according to the author, is the usual concomitant of a liberation struggle?
(a) National solidarity is strengthened through national sacrifice.
(b) It leaves much bitterness behind between the rulers and the ruled.
(c) It accentuates divisive forces in the polity that emerges after the grant of independence.
(d) People receive practical training in governance.
3. Political independence came to Burma after this country had experienced
(a) Japanese occupation during Second World War
(b) revolutionary fervent
(c) both of these
(d) neither of these
4. Before achieving political independence, Ceylon had experienced colonial rule for
(a) nearly one hundred and fifty years
(b) nearly four hundred and fifty years
(c) exactly three hundred years
(d) nearly a century
PASSAGE-2
In our country there is very little popular writing on science. Those who write are writing for other
scientists. The newspapers these days devote a little more space then before for scientific topics but
they appear to be rather ill-digested knowledge not written in simple readable language. So if we are
to bridge this gap and disseminate scientific knowledge and promote scientific temper, it has
become necessary for some of the scientists to turn to popularization. Today we have almost
compulsion for doing this if we are to convey to the people the meaning and relevance of the pursuit
of science. It is time same scientists enters the field of scientific journalism.
5. What does the passage suggest?
a. The author is fully satisfied with the role of newspapers in promoting popular writing on science.
b. The author is totally dissatisfied with the role of newspapers in promoting popular writing on
science.
c. The author appreciates the readiness of newspapers to allow more space than before to writings
on science.
d. The author condemns the attitude displayed by newspapers in the matter of promoting popular
writing on science.
6. Which one of the following is correct?
Answers:
Sol 1. (C) Terroristic activities on the part of the nationalists
Sol 2. (C) It accentuates divisive forces in the polity that emerges after the grant of independence.
Sol 3. (C) Both of these
Sol 4. (A) Nearly one hundred and fifty years
Sol 5. (C) The author appreciates the readiness of newspapers to allow more space than before to
writings on science.
Sol 6. (A). not properly digested and easily comprehensible
Sol 7. (B) To spread scientific knowledge and encourage scientific temper among the common
people
Sol 8. (C) The scientists should write in newspapers about the various aspects of science in easily
understandable language.
Sol 9. (C) Both 1 and 2
Sol 10. (B) Plants
Sol 11. (B) 2 only
Sol 12. (B) Fungi obtain carbohydrates from decomposed animals.
Sol 13. (D) Their reproduction occurs by spores either of sexual or a sexual.
Sol 14. (C) Both 1 and 2