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What is the most important factor in improving reading skills?

Answer

Reading is one of the main methods we use to acquire data and information in the contemporary world. In order to read a text, a person should have a basic understanding of how sounds are represented alphabetically. For doing this, a goal could be something like finding the main idea about a reading topic or locating the supporting details for that topic.

To improve your reading skills, you need to be aware of these three important areas of reading improvement:

1. Understanding adaptability.

2. Increasing reading comprehension.

3. Increasing reading rate.

Understanding adaptability and Increasing reading comprehension are the most important factors in improving reading skills.

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) desendent	B) descendant
C) iliterrate	D) descendente

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) descendant

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In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

I said to Arun, "What do you want?"

A) asked that Arun what he wanted.	B) I asked that Arun what he wants.
C) I asked that Arun what he is wanting.	D) I asked Arun what he wanted.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) I asked Arun what he wanted.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Needless to say, cooking (has become) easier now.

A) is become	B) has becoming
C) have become	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) no improvement

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

P- According to various estimates, between 1942 and 1944 there were approximately 400 victims of this practice daily in Warsaw alone, with numbers on some days reaching several thousands.

Q- A common German practice in occupied Poland was to round up random civilians on the streets of Polish cities.

R- For example, on 19th September 1942 close to 3000 men and women were transported by train to Germany – they had been caught in the massive round-ups all over Warsaw the previous two days.

S- The term, "lapanka" carried a sardonic connotation from the word's earlier use for the children's game known in English as "tag".

A) SQRP	B) SRPQ
C) QSPR	D) QPRS

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) QSPR

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

A) Archaeological research in Sarasota documents more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people.	B) More than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people have been documented in the archaeological research in Sarasota.
C) Sarasota’s archaeological research has recorded more than ten thousand years of seasonal occupation by native people.	D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The seasonality in native people has been documented in Sarasota’s archaeological research.

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‘Documentation of the seasonality in native people’ doesn’t make sense.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Revel in and make the most of something pleasing

A) Abhor	B) Bask
C) Fret	D) Edgy

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bask

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In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A) unattractiveness	B) unatrractiveness
C) unattracttiveness	D) unatrracttiveness

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