How many minutes should you allocate to Reading?

• A. 10 minutes
• B. 15 minutes
• C. 5 minutes
• D. 20 minutes

Answer: (C)

Time management is essential in a timed test. For Reading, keeping your initial pass brief helps you cover more questions and maintain pace. Five minutes provides enough time to skim for the main idea, locate where questions point to in the text, and answer the quicker items, while leaving enough minutes to handle the rest of the sections with calm focus. Spending more time on Reading risks getting stuck on tougher passages and running out of time for later sections, which can hurt your overall score. Use a focused approach—preview questions, look for the evidence in the passage, and move on if a question stalls so you can return only if time allows. So, five minutes is the recommended allocation.