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Communication Skills-II

notes The other one answered: “All right. I’ll be with you in a minute.” Then he disappeared, in order
to hide their catch.
(GUY de MAUPASSANT)
If you can complete it in a minute, it’s fine. Otherwise you must practise quick reading.

exercise

Now try reading this news item that you are likely to see in a newspaper.
NEW DELHI: Bihar’s would-be Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that he would be
inducting 14 ministers, including a deputy Chief Minister, in the new NDA government in the state.
Meanwhile, the would-be CM is likely to meet the Governor on Wednesday.
“There will be a deputy chief minister. We will be initially inducting a small team of about 12-14 ministers
which would be later expanded,” Kumar told reporters after attending the BJP Parliamentary Party
meeting, where he was felicitated for NDA’s sweep in the Bihar assembly elections.
He, however, declined to divulge the name of the person who would be deputy chief minister and said
“everything has been discussed.”
BJP leaders Sushil Kumar Modi and Shahnawaz Hussain are among the front-runners for the post, closely
followed by Ashwani Choubey and Nand Kishore Yadav.
He said the legislature parties of the BJP and JD (U) would be meeting separately at 1600 hours in Patna
this evening to be followed by a joint meeting of the two parties at 1800 hours, which would elect the leader
of the alliance.
“Thereafter, we would be meeting Governor Buta Singh and staking claim to form the government,” he
said.
If you can read this in 50 seconds, you are doing fine. Otherwise you need to pick up. Notice
that reading this piece is much easier compared to the earlier one because there are no problems
of style, emotions or minute details that have to be paid attention to. Readings of this kind, that
surfs for ideas and skims for facts and figures, normally take lesser time.

7.3 summary

l The Reading Comprehension passages have academic content and style and include topics
from a variety of fields including arts, sciences, social sciences, etc. These passages are
comparable to the texts found in textbooks. You do not need to have specific knowledge of
the topic to answer the comprehension questions. It enhances you reading and analysing
skills. In this unit, we included a few comprehension passages for your practice.

l Quick reading also tests your reading and understanding skills. It tests how well you can
read and understand a piece of information in a short span of time. Short passages help
you to practice quick reading.

7.4 further readings

Books Linaker, Kathryn, Reading Comprehension for Key Stage 1, Schofield & Sims Ltd.
Vni, 100 Comprehension Passages, Tata McGraw Hill.
Worsnop, I R, Reading Comprehension: Key Stage II, Schofield & Sims Ltd.

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