NAIL THE RCs

Well I am no expert but I use certain techniques by which I nail about 3-4 RCs in each mock. I am not that good in Quant so I try to maximise my verbal section through RCs. Techniques that I follow , some of them are:-

1) First, remove the fear that RCs are negative marks accumulators.
2) Read two editorials per day from www.aldaily.com and the newspaper.
3) Try and read novels-good old classics should help.

Now the RC bit

1) If you don't like the initial line of the RC don't proceed then, solve it at the very end if you have time or completely leave it. This liking is similar to the feeling you get when you choose your girlfriend over another girl. grin emoticonJokes apart, this is important

2) When you are reading your RC, stop looking at the clock, read slowly but steadily. If verbal is your weaker section then you must attempt 2Rcs to the bare minimum , so yes you have time. If you complete the other questions and have 25 min left for your RCs then you can knock of two of them completely. So don't panic.

3) Don't look here are there. Read it at a stretch and slowly. Put two fingers in your ears and read if possible but get the facts in your head.

4) After reading the entire passage summarise the gist in your head for about 30sec and then proceed to the questions.

5) Read the question-each question at-least two times if not thrice. Try to understand what is being asked and get to the part of the passage from where the question loiters about. Read that part again. don't worry about the time. Two options shall be damn close. If you have clicked the obvious then stare at the screen and contradict yourself . If you can't Convince yourself to change the response click on that.

6) Treat RCs as the father of critical reasoning questions. We aren't afraid of ghosts, we are afraid of the dark. So change the term!!! Call the RCs " Long CRs" It worked for me. grin emoticon

7) If you have no idea regarding an answer even after following all the other steps, leave that question. -1 se behataar zero hain. tongue emoticon

8) For those who are lacking the appetite to solve RCs i suggest you to practise from www.rcprep.com. If you are really poor at solving RCs I suggest you to take 12min per rc and solve two of them correctly. matlab 7*3=21 is better than 6*3-7=11, if you get what I mean.

9) Last but not the least, as the saying goes : " Shop till you drop. " Practise till you literally drop. RCs are like DI , only a bit complex. They aren't as straightforward as DIs and ajke din me sabhi googly hi daalte hain. So we should all get used to it colonthree emoticon

10) Always read the passage first and then answer the questions. But if you see that only 4 or 3 minutes are left and you have nothing else to do. Go look for the other passages and skim for direct factual questions like :" What does the author say when we meant this word? " or " What was the reason behind this" or "meaning of word". Such questions you can solve easily if you find the part of the passage from where it is taken. skim through the passage fast. the idea is to hold on to your nerves. again nahi hua toh thik hain lekin -1 nahi chahiye. if you find out the part and if you are absolutely sure, then mark it. this is the only time when you should read the question first and the passage later

PS:- THIS ARTICLE IS ENTIRLY COMPOSED BY ME AND REFLECTS MY VIEWS ONLY, ON HOW TO TACKLE RCS. THEY MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH IT BUT IT WORKS FOR ME. JUST THOUGHT MAYBE MY PROCESS WOULD HELP SOME PEOPLE. AGAIN I AM NO EXPERT. tongue emoticon