Negative Factual Information Questions with Solve Tips

These questions ask you to verify what information is true and what information is NOT true or not included in the passage based on information that is explicitly stated in the passage. To answer this kind of question, first locate the relevant information in the passage. Then verify that three of the four answer choices are true and that the remaining choice is false. Remember, for this type of question, the correct answer is the one that is NOT true.

How to Recognize Negative Factual Information Questions

You can recognize negative fact questions because the word "NOT" or "EXCEPT" appears in the question in capital letters.

• According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true of X?

• The author's description of X mentions all of the following EXCEPT.....

Tips for Negative Factual Information Questions

1. Usually a Negative Factual Information question requires you to check more of the passage than a Factual Information question. The three choices that are mentioned in the passage may be spread across a paragraph or several paragraphs.
2. In Negative Factual Information questions, the correct answer either directly contradicts one or· more statements in the\ passage or is not mentioned in the passage at all.
3. After you finish a Negative Factual Information question, check your answer to make sure you have accurately understood the task.
4. One tricky tips for negative factual information question is that answers may be found in one sentences with compound sentence structure and this sentence would be long. 
5. In addition, focus on siquences of issues and mainly emphasises on the main word or subject word and find out the major statement about the subject. 
6. Focuses on synonyms and check each answer option separately to be damn sure accurate. 

PASSAGE EXCERPT: "The United States in the 1800s was full of practical, hardworking people who did not consider the arts-from theater to painting-useful occupations. In addition, the public's attitude that European art was better than American art both discouraged and infuriated American artists. In the early 1900s there was a strong feeling among artists that the United States was long overdue in developing art that did not reproduce European traditions. Everybody agreed that the heart and soul of the new country should be reflected in its art. But opinions differed about what this art would be like and how it would develop."

According to paragraph 1, all of the following were true of American art in the late 1800s and early 1900s EXCEPT:

A. Most Americans thought art was unimportant. (thought-consider)

B. American art generally copied European styles and traditions.

C. Most Americans considered American art inferior to European art.

D. American art was very popular with European audiences.

Correct Answer: D

Some Vocabulary:

Practical: Concerned with or relating to actual use rather than theory or speculation.

Hardworking: Diligent and persistent in one's work or efforts.

Consider: Regard or think of in a particular way.

Occupations: A job or profession.

Attitude: A set of thoughts, feelings, and opinions about something or someone.

Discouraged: Made less confident or enthusiastic.

Infuriated: Made very angry.

Due: Owing or expected as a debt or responsibility.

Reproduce: Make or do again.

Differed: Be unlike or dissimilar.