PARTIAL CORRECT HELPP

Whenever you’re down to 2 options, don’t go with “which feels better”, run 4 fixed checks in your head:

• Does this option use any extreme language (always, never, entirely, only, must) which the passage never clearly supports? If yes, reject it.
• Is this option adding any extra reason, assumption, or emotion that the author has not explicitly stated? If yes, reject it.
• Is this talking about the main point of that part of the passage or just a side detail/example? Detail-based options are usually traps, main-idea ones are usually correct.
• Can you point to 1-2 exact lines in the passage that support the full option, not just one phrase inside it? If you can’t, don’t mark it.

The right answer in RC is usually simple, slightly boring, and perfectly aligned with the author; the wrong one is usually “interesting” or slightly over-explanatory to make you feel smart for picking it.

Second, for the next 5-6 mocks, don’t just see “shit, this was wrong” and move on. For every RC question you get wrong:

• Write one line: “Why I chose my option.”
• Then one line: “What extra thing this option added / what it missed compared to the passage.”
• Then for the correct option: “What made this closer to what the author actually said.”

Alternatively use the more comprehensive 5 Whys framework that Bhavesh Bhaiya talks about.

You’ll start seeing that the same pattern is repeating in your mistakes - maybe you keep falling for options that over-generalise, or that bring in your outside knowledge, or that focus on examples instead of the core point. Once you see the pattern clearly, you’ll start catching it live in the exam.