Critical Reading = Question Types

 In Critical Reading there will be different Types of Questions. Almost all of these types are easily recognizable. Let us take a look:

1. Which choice best describes what happens in the passage? General Idea Q
2. Which choice best describes the developmental pattern of the passage? Rhetoric Q
3. As used in line 1 and line 65, “directly” most nearly means - Vocabulary Q
4. Which reaction does Akira most fear from Chie? Inference Q
5. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
6. In the passage, Akira addresses Chie with --- Inference Q
7. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to --- Rhetoric Q
8. As used in line 2, “form” most nearly means --- Vocabulary Q
9. Why does Akira say his meeting with Chie is “a matter of urgency” (line 32)? Logic Q
10. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
    

The above Q are based on a Fiction Passage. The next one is Non-fiction. Look at the Question Types again. Try to figure out the difference. 

1. The authors most likely use the examples in lines 1-9 of the passage (“Every . . . showers”) to highlight which of the following --- Inference Q
2. In line 10, the word “ambivalent” most nearly means --- Vocabulary Q
   
3. The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it --- Inference Q
   
4. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
   
5. The “social psychologists” mentioned in paragraph 2 (lines 17-34) would likely describe the “deadweight loss” phenomenon as --- Inference Q
   
6. The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in lines 41-44 may be --- Inference Q
   
7. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
   
8. As it is used in line 54, “convey” most nearly means --- Vocabulary Q
   
9. The authors refer to work by Camerer and others (line 56) in order to --- Rhetoric Q
   
10. The graph following the passage offers evidence that gift-givers base their predictions of how much a gift will be appreciated on --- Logic Q
    
11. The authors would likely attribute the differences in gift-giver and recipient mean appreciation as
    represented in the graph to --- Inference Q
    

The Third Passage I will highlight is based on a Scientific Paper on DNA. Let us look at the Q types.

1. The authors use the word “backbone” in lines 3 and 39 to indicate that --- Interpretation Q
   
2. A student claims that nitrogenous bases pair randomly with one another. Which of the following
   statements in the passage contradicts the student’s claim? Logic Q
   
3. In the second paragraph (lines 12-19), what do the authors claim to be a feature of biological interest? Logic Q
   
4. The authors’ main purpose of including the information about X-ray evidence and density is to --- Rhetoric
   
5. Based on the passage, the authors’ statement “If a pair consisted of two purines, for example, there would not be room for it” (lines 29-30) implies that a pair --- Inference Q
   
6. The authors’ use of the words “exact,” “specific,” and “complement” in lines 47-49 in the final paragraph functions mainly to --- Rhetoric Q
   
7. Based on the table and passage, which choice gives the correct percentages of the purines in yeast DNA? - Data Q
   
8. Do the data in the table support the authors’ proposed pairing of bases in DNA? Data Q
   
9. According to the table, which of the following pairs of base percentages in sea urchin DNA provides evidence in support of the answer to the previous question? Data & Logic Q
   
10. Based on the table, is the percentage of adenine in each organism’s DNA the same or does it vary, and which statement made by the authors is most consistent with that data? Logic Q
    

The Fourth Passage is about Social Condition of women in post War-I period. It is written by one of the greatest Masters of English Literature. No doubt, you will FEEL the difficulty.  

1. The main purpose of the passage is to --- Looks like a Main Idea Q but actually it is Rhetoric Q
   
2. The central claim of the passage is that --- Main Idea Q
   
3. Woolf uses the word “we” throughout the passage mainly to --- Rhetoric (Strategy) Q
   
4. According to the passage, Woolf chooses the setting of the bridge because it --- Logic Q
   
5. Woolf indicates that the procession she describes in the passage --- Logic (NOT inference) Q
   
6. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
   
7. Woolf characterizes the questions in lines 53-57 (“For we . . . men”) as both -- Interpretive Q
   
8. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? Logic Q
   
9. Which choice most closely captures the meaning of the figurative “sixpence” referred to in lines 70 and 71? --- Vocabulary Q
   
10. The range of places and occasions listed in lines 72-76 (“Let us . . . funerals”) mainly serves to emphasize how --- Rhetoric Q
    

The Fifth Passage is actually a DOUBLE Passage on a single theme. Here the theme is "Space Mining." 

1. In lines 9-17, the author of Passage 1 mentions several companies primarily to --- Rhetoric Q
   
2. The author of Passage 1 indicates that space mining could have which positive effect? --- Logic/Interpretive Q
   
3. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? --- Logic Q
   
4. As used in line 19, “demands” most nearly means --- Inference/Vocabulary Q
   
5. What function does the discussion of water in lines 35-40 serve in Passage 1? Rhetoric Q
   
6. The central claim of Passage 2 is that space mining has positive potential but --- Main Idea Q
7. As used in line 68, “hold” most nearly means --- Inference/Vocabulary Q
8. Which statement best describes the relationship between the passages? Main Idea - Rhetoric
   
9. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the discussion of the future of space mining in lines 18-28, Passage 1, by claiming that such a future --- Logic Q 
   
10. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? --- Logic Q
    
11. Which point about the resources that will be highly valued in space is implicit in Passage 1 and explicit in Passage 2? --- Inference Logic