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Reading comprehension practice by subject
CAT and GMAT passages are drawn from a handful of demanding subjects, and each one fails you in a different way — data-dense economics, abstract philosophy, technical science. Pick the genre you find hardest and drill it on fresh, generated passages with scoring and per-option explanations. Free and unlimited.
Choose a subject
Economics RC practice
Data-dense arguments, cause-and-effect chains, and policy tradeoffs — a CAT and GMAT favourite.
PhilosophyPhilosophy RC practice
Abstract reasoning and dense argumentation — often the hardest CAT VARC genre.
ScienceScience RC practice
Experiments, mechanisms, and technical detail — very common on the GMAT.
PsychologyPsychology RC practice
Studies, cognitive biases, and competing explanations with nuanced findings.
HistoryHistory RC practice
Historiography, competing interpretations, and cause-and-effect over time.
BusinessBusiness RC practice
Strategy, management arguments, and market cases — core GMAT territory.
Drill a question type
Weak on one kind of question? Target it directly with passages built to stress that skill.
Inference questions
What must be true from the passage — without over-reaching.
Question typeMain idea & primary purpose
The passage's central point, avoiding too-narrow and too-broad traps.
Question typeTone & attitude
Read the author's stance, without over-stating its intensity.
Question typeVocabulary in context
What a word means as used here — not its dictionary default.
Practise on a source
Told to read a particular publication? Turn it straight into a scored RC drill.
Prefer to bring your own passage?
Every topic page generates passages for you, but the real power of PracticeRC is that you can paste any article, essay, or URL and turn it into an exam-style test. See the best sources to practise RC, or jump straight into CAT or GMAT practice.