Tackle Reading Comprehension Questions - GRE Verbal

Reading comprehension is considered to be the Toughest one in GRE Verbal according to Test Takers. Students say that they get a poor GRE Score in GRE Verbal section because of the toughness of the reading comprehension questions. But with a correct Approach & Practice you can easily crack this section and have an edge over others !

• to read with understanding, insight, and discrimination
• to analyze a written passage from several perspectives

Passages are taken from the humanities, social sciences, biological sciences and physical sciences. The passages are of varied lengths, but generally of 75 to 150 lines. The number of questions pertaining to a particular passage could range from 3 to 5.

• Go through the passage once to get the genearal idea of the passage
• Don't try to memorize details but instead pay attention to the topic and the focus of the passage as you read.
• For questions asking you to give the passage a title, look at the first and last lines of the passage for clues.

Reading comprehension Passage:


In his 1976 study of slavery in the US, Herbert Gutman, like Fogel, Engerman, And Genovese, has rightly stressed the slaves' achievements. But unlike these historians......(rest of the passage) ........In sum, Gutman's study is significant because it offers a closely reasoned and original explanation of some of the slaves' achievements, one that correctly emphasizes the resources that slaves themselves possessed.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage, based on its content?

1. The influence of Herbert Gutman on Historians of Slavery in the US
2. Gutman's explanation of how slaves could maintain a cultural Heritage and develop a communal consciousness
3. Slavery in the US: New Controversy about an old subject
4. The Black heritage of Folklore, Music, and Religious Expression: It's growing influence
5. The Black family and extended kinship structure: How they were important for the freed slave

Answer: B