Reading comprehension questions appear in the middle and at the end of the Verbal sections of the GRE. In these questions, you read a passage and answer questions about what it says.
There are two types of reading comprehension prompts on the GRE: regular prompts and reasoning prompts.
Regular prompts look like the kinds of passages you might see in a newsletter, an article, or an excerpt from a book on science, history, politics, art, and similar topics. Regular prompts can be any length and include 1 to 4 questions.
Reasoning prompts are always short and come with just one question. Because they’re short and a bit different from regular prompts, you’ll start by focusing on reasoning prompts first.
When you answer reading comprehension questions, don’t overthink the choices. A passage can sometimes support more than one interpretation, but the test isn’t asking you to form your own opinion or critique the author. Your job is to understand what the author is trying to communicate and use the author’s perspective to resolve any vague or debatable points.