INTRODUCTION

The Verbal section of the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®) measures your ability to:

• read and comprehend written material,
• reason and evaluate arguments, and
• correct written material to conform to standard written English.

Three types of multiple-choice questions are used in the Verbal section of the GMAT® exam—

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Critical Reasoning
3. and Sentence Correction.

CRITICAL REASONING

Critical Reasoning questions are designed to test the reasoning skills involved in making arguments, evaluating arguments, and formulating or evaluating a plan of action. Questions are based on materials from a variety of sources. No familiarity with the specific subject matter is needed.

What is measured?

• Argument construction: Questions of this type may ask you to recognize the basic structure of an argument, properly drawn conclusions, underlying assumptions, well-supported explanatory hypotheses, or parallels between structurally similar arguments.
• Argument evaluation: Questions of this type may ask you to analyze a given argument, recognize factors that would strengthen or weaken an argument, reasoning errors committed in making an argument, or aspects of the methods by which an argument proceeds.

• Formulating and evaluating a plan of action: Questions of this type may ask you to recognize the relative appropriateness, effectiveness, or efficiency of different plans of action; factors that would strengthen or weaken a proposed plan of action; or assumptions underlying a proposed plan of action.

MORE INFORMATION REGARDING CRITICAL REASONING CAN BE OBTAINED FROM GMAT OFFICIAL SITE www.mba.com

Critical Reasoning can be an aggravating question type on the GMAT. Sometimes all answer choices appear to be right and sometimes all appear incorrect. Practice these sample Critical Reasoning tests and check all answer choices to improve your critical reasoning score.