The
main purpose of setting questions on a passage is to test the student’s knowledge and
understanding of a particular text/story/event. Thus, to set some reasonable set of questions in a passage is an essentially so as to achieve the purpose of comprehension. To answer the
questions on a comprehension passage, you are required to get a good grasp
of the passage so that you may understand the objective queries on the passage
which you should try to assess accurately.
Following are few points for the
right procedure to tackle the problem of comprehension:
1. Have a good glimpse of the passage before attempting to answer the question. There can be 5 to 6 questions on the passage. For this, read the passage carefully.
2. Have two or three readings of the passage so as to understand the meaning of different words, phrases and expressions.
3. Proceed to answer the questions, taking the first question first . For this find out exactly that portion which carry the answer to a question. It is better to underline the relevant portion in the passage.
4. You must find out the most relevant option out of four choices.
5. The opening and concluding sentences of the passage must be read very carefully.
One must keep this in mind that for a good comprehension, you must have good reading speed. You can not spend more than 9/10 minutes to solve 5/6 problems on a passage.
