Tips for the GMAT Reading Comprehension Questions

On the GMAT, reading comprehension questions are designed to test your understanding of unfamiliar reading material. So, follow these suggestions when answering the reading comprehension questions in the verbal section of the GMAT:

• Read through the passage before answering the questions.

• As you read, focus on main theme, author’s tone, and paragraph topics rather than the specific details of the passage.

• Eliminate answer choices that don’t pertain to the information in the passage.

• Remember that the author of a GMAT passage is usually pretty neutral and objective.

• Choose general answers for main theme questions.

• Don’t infer too much for inference questions.

• Note that the answers to specific information questions may be a paraphrase of information in the passage.