What is Para completion?
In Para completion, a paragraph is given whose last line has been omitted, and this is the line that we need to find. Let us look at the structure of the question using an example.
Approach to finding the last line of the passage
When we are looking for the last line of the passage we have to keep in mind that the last line can be either of the two things.
- The conclusion of the given passage.
- The logical extension of the second last line.
- And in order to find, if any of the given options is a conclusion or logical extension, we can use some tricks.
Tips to Solve the Passage/Para Completion Question:
- Read the paragraph without the missing line and try to find out the inherent message/view/opinion that the author wants to convey. Also, try to understand the topic of the paragraph.
- Now have a glance of the options given at the end of the paragraph
- You must match the subject-matter/topic of the paragraph with that of the options given.
- The link that very meaning/view/opinion with the options given.
- The options which totally mismatch are to be ignored instantly. Remember that elimination of options is the best method to solve the question of paragraph completion in a very short time.
- You may be left with one or two options through this methodology. Of the options left, judge yourself which of the options left matches with the tone of the author.
- Try to fit those one or two lines one by one at the missing space in the paragraph and judge it on the basis of accuracy, logic, sequence, and symmetry. The option that passes these criterions is the right option.
- Complete continuity of the paragraph is required as a must after exercising the right option in place of the missing line in the paragraph. The paragraph thus duly filled must reflect a complete picture.
