Verbal Ability
Topics related to the Verbal section on the GMAT.
Fallacies
AD HOC RESCUE Psychologically, it is understandable that you would try to rescue a cherished belief from trouble. When faced with conflicting data, you are likely to mention how the conflict will disappear if some new assumption is taken into account. However, if there is no good reason to accept this saving assumption other than that it works to save your cherished belief, your rescue is an ad hoc rescue. Example: Yolanda: If you take four of these tablets of vitamin C every day, you will never get a cold. Juanita: I tried that last year for several months, and still got a cold. Yolanda: Did you take the tablets every day? Juanita: Yes. Yolanda: Well, I’ll bet you...
Read MoreCritical Reasoning Basics
Critical Reasoning questions are designed to test one’s logic and reasoning skills. The questions will be based on a given “Argument” (An argument, as used on the GMAT, is a presentation of facts and opinions in order to support a position) The arguments can come from various walks of life (sociology, philosophy, science, etc) No familiarity with the content is tested or is required, but reading the Editorials of good newspaper will help. With that let’s start GMATing the CR! THE JOB OF A CRITIC Familiarize yourself with the concepts tested. Make yourself aware of all the question stems. One very good way to learn about the logical patterns is...
Read MoreRC Question Types
This article covers the most common question types which the GMAT tests you on. Most students are not sure what is being asked. The irony is that even though the answer is certainly somewhere before your eyes, you don’t get it correctly. This problem stems from the fact that we are not aware of what is going to be asked and we end up taking more than needed time, ultimately panicking and re-reading and basically messing up the answers. I will discuss each question types and strategies to crack them. Enjoy! Usual suspects There are mainly six categories of questions that follow: Summary Questions Style and tone Questions Inference questions Logical structure...
Read MoreReading Comprehension Strategies
It’s Incomprehensible!! Okay so you don’t understand what the heck does the passage means! Do not worry! The GMAT guys are well aware that we cannot be astronomers, doctors, environmentalists, engineers, drama critics all at the same time…right?? So it’s pretty lame to expect that we would understand every minor details out there in the passages they give us to read. So what does comprehension really mean here? It means how much you have “understood” what the author is trying to convey. Don’t expect questions which will ask details beyond the scope of the passage. For that matter you should infact keep your general knowledge in a...
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