# Reading Comprehension XAT PYQ Topic Wise (2016–2024)

> Reading Comprehension XAT PYQs: all 115 questions from 9 official papers (2016–2024), by concept. Asked in 9 of 9 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/xat/topics/xat-reading-comprehension/

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## Answer first

Reading Comprehension PYQs (previous year questions) for XAT: Reading Comprehension (Verbal and Logical Ability) had **115 questions** across the 9 official XAT papers we tagged (2016–2024), and appeared in 9 of them. Asked in 9 of 9 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: RC Inference, RC Application, RC Detail.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Reading Comprehension PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Reading Comprehension questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Other Verbal and Logical Ability topics

- [Critical Reasoning and Para-jumbles PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-critical-reasoning/)
- [Vocabulary and Grammar PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-vocabulary-grammar/)
- [Poems and Literary Passages PYQs](/xat/topics/xat-poems/)

## FAQ

### How many Reading Comprehension questions come in XAT?
In the official papers we tagged: 13 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 12 in 2022, 15 in 2021, 12 in 2020, 12 in 2019, 13 in 2018, 12 in 2017 and 14 in 2016. That is 115 questions in all, about 50% of Verbal and Logical Ability.

### Which Reading Comprehension topics repeat in XAT?
Asked in the most papers: RC Inference, RC Application, RC Detail. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official XAT questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official XAT paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.