Reading Comprehension in competitive exams can get tricky. One doesn’t know what to read and where to read from. Because of this, a lot of people don’t prepare for Reading Comprehension section – A big mistake! The best way to prepare for Reading Comprehension is to read things that others don’t. This becomes very important if you are taking difficult exams like CAT, XAT where RCs are far tougher than your normal RCs. Lets look at sources of CAT Reading comprehension: CAT 2001 Passage on Dersu Uzala – from The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa Passage on Tribute to Billie Holiday – from New Statesman, August 1959 Passage on Racism – from Economic and Political Weekly, August 2001 Passage on Cosmology – from The Economist, August 2001 CAT 2002 Passage on cells – from Science Magazine written by Kathleen Wren Passage on Western Philosophy – from A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Passage on Economics – from The Rhetoric of Economics by Deirdre N. McCloskey Passage on History – from A History of India vol. 2 by Percival Spear CAT 2003 Passage on India – from The Hindu, 2003. Clouds over Panchayati Raj Passage on Greek Art – from Edith Hamilton’s The Greek Way (1930) Passage on Culture – Limbo: Blue collar roots, white-collar dreams by Alfred Lubrano It is evident that passages come from esoteric sources. Reading random articles on sociology, religion, philosophy, economics, history, science, culture will definitely help. A lot of aspirants ask, “Hot to prepare for reading comprehension?” There is no definite answer. One can only read, improve one’s ability to process complex information, and reading speed. Happy reading! mbaprepguide/reading-comprehension/
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:00:32 +0000
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