Reading Comprehension Topics - Banking PO Syllabus

1

Main Idea Question

Finding the core message of an RC passage.

1m 45 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaTopic + Author Point

2

Primary Purpose Question

Why did the author write this?

1m 38 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaInfinitive check (To explain, To argue)

3

Title Question

Selecting the most appropriate heading.

1m 30 PYQs2/10

📌 Key FormulaInclusive but specific

4

Fact-based/Specific Detail/Target Question

Direct evidence from text.

1m 60 PYQs1/10

📌 Key FormulaScanning technique

5

Inference Question

Implied meanings from text.

1m 50 PYQs4/10

📌 Key FormulaMust be true check

6

Must be true Question

Absolute validities based only on passage.

1m 25 PYQs4/10

📌 Key FormulaEliminate 'Maybe' cases

7

Paraphrase Question

Rewording specific lines.

1m 20 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaSemantic match

8

Vocabulary Question

Contextual meanings of words in passage.

1m 70 PYQs2/10

📌 Key FormulaSentence substitution test

9

Main Idea Question

Abstracting the core premise of a text.

1m 25 PYQs4/10

📌 Key FormulaSummary Technique

10

Primary Purpose Question

Authorial intent analysis.

1m 20 PYQs4/10

📌 Key FormulaAction Verb check

11

Title Question

Conceptual naming of the text block.

1m 15 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaScope analysis

12

Fact-based/Specific Detail/Target Question

Retrieving verbatim information.

1m 30 PYQs2/10

📌 Key FormulaKeyword search

13

Inference Question

Reading between the lines.

1m 35 PYQs5/10

📌 Key FormulaContextual extrapolation

14

Must be true Question

Logical certainties only.

1m 15 PYQs5/10

📌 Key FormulaContradiction check

15

Paraphrase Question

Equivalent semantic structures.

1m 10 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaSynonym substitution

16

Vocabulary Question

Context dependent word power.

1m 40 PYQs3/10

📌 Key FormulaLogic fitting