GMAT a standardized admissions test that is required to get admission in nearly every accredited business school in the U.S. If you are planning to attending any business school, taking the GMAT is must. As with most standardized tests, practice and preparation is must which is the only way of getting a good score. You should start with GMAT preparation at least four months before to taking the exam. The test has three different sections : Analytical Writing Ability (AWA), Quantitative, and Verbal. The Quantitative section contains two types of questions, Problem Solving and Data Sufficiency. The Verbal Section has three types : Sentence Correction(SC), Critical Reasoning(CR), and Reading Comprehension(RC); in this section questions of each type appear in no set sequence. This test contains a total of 78 questions, where 37 questions are in Quantitative and 41 questions comes in Verbal. And the total time allotted is 75 minutes each.
Critical Reasoning is one of the most important section of GMAT which comes under Verbal Section. In this section GMAC test your potential, how you analyze and handle a text-based logical argument. In this questions candidates are asked to determine :
- The conclusion and evidence of an argument.
- Author’s assumption.
In this a candidate should have good hold on vocabulary as GMAT English level is typically higher. You can take the critical reasoning questions as sort of reading mini comprehension passages and questions. These questions are same as in type of comprehensions, where it only contains one paragraph or passage and followed by the questions, these questions test the applicant analytical and critical thinking, how he/she react and place an answers with the help of what Checker can test their skills.
Different types of Questions what are generally asked in this section :-
- Strengthen or Support the-argument questions, checks the skills of the candidate, how and what kind of reasoning he/she give and what answer they choose to help their given reason.
- Oppose or Weaken the-argument questions, checks the skills of the candidate, how and what kind of reasoning he/she give and what answer they choose to hurt their given reason
- The questions that need to draw conclusions, here we see how a candidate analyze the passage
- Assumption questions are here to check how a candidate make their assumption regarding the given paragraph.
- Identify a parallel argument and Identify the inference these are some other types which are also asked in the Critical Reasoning Section.
GMAT’s critical reasoning sections is all about how one use the logics. And to get maximum out of this section we should go for the practice with the same types of questions we mentioned above. To being familiar with the types of critical reasoning questions on the GMAT helps to save your precious time and reduce the chances of error.
You can improve your GMAT score merely by taking the time to become a explorer about the GMAT. This is the initial step of your test preparation, and should not this part. As you can treat GMAT as a game. Same like as in chess, tennis, or any other sport, those who know the rules and how the game is played have an advantage over those who don’t know how to play and game's rules.
To beat this section we should make sure we, read first, identify the boundaries and only then reason!