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    Reading Comprehension PYQs for GATE DA

    GATE DA Reading Comprehension: 1 chapters, 2 previous year questions (25% of Verbal Aptitude), 103 practice questions and one solved question from each chapte

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    Question 1
    2026 PYQ
    Level 3: Exam Standard
    ‘If his latest movie had been a commercial success, the actor would have made enough money to sponsor his next movie.’
    Based only on the above sentence, which one of the following statements is true?
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    Reading Comprehension PYQs for GATE DA

    GATE DA Reading Comprehension: 1 chapters, 2 previous year questions (25% of Verbal Aptitude), 103 practice questions and one solved question from each chapter.

    About Reading Comprehension Previous Year Questions (PYQs)

    2 previous year questions from Reading Comprehension in GATE DA, grouped by chapter with the exam year, answer key and step-by-step solution for each.

    Reading Comprehension Weightage in GATE DA

    Reading Comprehension accounts for 2 of 8 Verbal Aptitude previous year questions in our bank (25%), about 1 per paper across 2 papers.

    Reading Comprehension Chapter Matrix

    ChapterTopicsPYQsShare of unit PYQsPractice questions
    Reading Comprehension and InferenceSentence and Passage-Based Inference2100%103

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    One Solved Question from Each Reading Comprehension Chapter

    Question 1 · Reading Comprehension and Inference · 2026 MCQ
    ‘If his latest movie had been a commercial success, the actor would have made enough money to sponsor his next movie.’
    Based only on the above sentence, which one of the following statements is true?
    1. A.

      The actor will certainly sponsor his next movie.

    2. B.

      His latest movie was a commercial success.

    3. C.

      The actor made enough money from his latest movie.

    4. D.

      His latest movie was not commercially successful.

    Correct Answer:

    D

    Step-by-Step Solution

    Insight: The sentence uses a counterfactual conditional ("If ... had been ..., ... would have ..."), which logically implies that the condition did not occur and the result did not happen.

    Exam route: Identify the grammatical markers "had been" and "would have". This immediately signals a counterfactual. The reality is the opposite of the condition: the movie was NOT a commercial success. Match this directly to Option D.

    Learning route:

    1. Recognize the structure: "If P had been true, Q would have happened."
    2. Understand counterfactuals: This specific grammatical construction is used to describe hypothetical situations in the past that did not actually occur. Therefore, P is false, and Q is false.
    3. Apply to the text: P = "latest movie was a commercial success". Since the sentence says "had been", the reality is that the latest movie was NOT commercially successful. Consequently, Q (making enough money) also did not happen.
    4. Evaluate options: Option D directly states this unstated reality. Options A, B, and C all mistakenly treat the hypothetical condition or result as factual.