RC Practice material other than Official Questions

Question

Hi everyone, 
I have exhausted the Official RC Questions in my first attempt (also went through them in revision so have a fairly fresh memory). For my second attempt what resources should i use to stay as close to official questions ?

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

The exam prep page on the MBA website has some online only question banks you could check out. If you want to practice reading (without burning official questions/passages), articles from The Economist that are similar to those on the GMAT could be useful as well. Becoming familiar with how inference questions work could also be helpful.

3 RC tips

3 RC tips

Dwadesh72 · Answer

I make mistakes in the foollowing areas
1- Actually my reading is sufficient but when it comes to selecting from the last two remaining answer choices, thats where i get most my questions wrong. 
2- In tough passages like humanities and history etc. If i am not able to understand the passage. 
3- Time pressure- when time is running out and i miss important details. 
4- Inference questions

I have run out on Official questions and need some good targeted practice to address the above issues. 
What resources would you suggest  GmatKnightTutor   GMATNinja   bb   KarishmaB   MartyMurray   https://gmatclub.com:443/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&un=

bb · Answer

That’s a lot of questions you solved. Sorry that you did not hit your score. That’s a lot of work.

I would venture out to be Mr. obvious but I would say more questions is not the answer you need. You either need to improve your reading material processing. You can do it pretty quickly just reading books and reading a couple thousands of pages. Or you may need to have a better strategy And following the strategy very very specifically and exactly. You may have to do both of these.

So before you do a bunch of more other questions, I would make sure that you have a plan that that work will actually pay off for you. Does this make sense?

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Dwadesh72 · Answer

Yes that makes sense. Will do that for a while. Thank you for the feedback. 
But still just to stay in touch by doing 1 RC per day (Focused on -  abosbing the passage and strategy of choosing the right answer). What would the best resources be ?

Carcass · Answer

More passages do not necessarily mean improvements.

I believe it is better to focus on two tasks at a time: the main idea and the inference questions.

Overall , these are the two types of questions asked on the GMAT and also the GRE

Find 10 official GMAT passages and attempt them ONLY the main idea and see your rating score or accuracy. At least 9  out of 10 would be advisable.

The same process applies to the inference area.

After that scale up and search for improvements.

That's would be ideal in my view

regards

MartyMurray · Answer

LSAT RC passages will work.

For some strategies, you could sign up for the TTP trial and go through TTP's RC chapters in 5 days.

Also, to learn how in general to prepare for GMAT Verbal effectively, see this post.

How to Prepare for GMAT Verbal

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Dwadesh72,

In addition to what has been said, since you are looking for more RC practice, I'd like to give you some general advice on improving your RC skills.

When you are incorrectly answering Reading Comprehension questions, it’s partly because you do not truly understand what you have just read, right? To understand what you are reading, you likely have to slow down in order to (eventually) speed up. You have to learn to comprehend what you read, keep it all straight, and use what you are reading to arrive at correct answers. At this point, your best bet is to focus on getting the correct answers to questions, taking as much time as you need to see key details and understand the logic of what you are reading. If you don't understand something, go back and read it one sentence at a time, even one word at a time, not moving on until you understand what you have just read. There is no way around this work. Your goal should be to take all the time you need to understand exactly what is being said and arrive at the correct answer. If you can learn to get answers taking your time, you can learn to speed up. Answering questions is like any task: The more times you do it carefully and successfully, the faster you become at doing it carefully and successfully.

Another component to understanding what you are reading is being “present” when reading. Don’t worry about how things are going at work, or what you will eat for dinner, or even how long you’re taking to read through the passage. Just focus on what is in front of you, word by word, line by line. Furthermore, try to make reading fun. For example, even if you are reading about a topic that bores you, pretend that you are the person making the argument. By doing so, you will make the passage more relatable to YOU, and ultimately you should be able to read with greater focus.

One final component of Reading Comprehension that may be tripping you up is that RC questions contain one or more trap answers that seem to answer the question but don't really. So, a key part of training to correctly answer RC questions is learning to notice the differences between trap answers and correct answers. You have to learn to see how trap answers seem to follow from what the passages say, but don't really, while correct answers fit what the passages say exactly. Of course, the better you become at noticing the differences between trap answer choices and correct answers, the faster you will answer RC questions.

Here is an article with additional advice:

GMAT Reading Comprehension Tips: Top 8 DOs and DON’Ts

If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.

Good luck!

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