In the last post on GRE verbal reasoning, we discussed the tips and techniques of making the right conclusions from a given statement or a passage. Since every lesson must be followed by an assessment, here is a short GRE practice test on verbal reasoning. Remember you have to ace this section to get high GRE score and attend the best college in the country. Read more…

GRE analytical reasoning section is infamous for being the real pain because it expects the test takers to exercise their brains to correctly interpret a set of statements and then decide the conclusions.  However, one thing is sure: if you master this section, then there is nothing to stop you from getting high GRE score.

Now, if the candidates were expected to suggest an ordinary conclusion or course of action, it wouldn’t have been much of a problem. But no, apparently the conclusion itself is in the Statement and one has to read between the lines and observe keenly to conclude the right things. Read more…

These questions are designed to test candidate’s ability to sense direction. Questions on direction are simpler than other questions if student possesses the right knowledge of the directions. Confusion is created in the question by giving frequent right and left turns to a specific direction. Students are therefore advised to use the diagram as given in the figure for the purpose of sensing direction.

Let us look at an illustration: Read more…

In my last post, I had put up two analytical reasoning questions and answer options. If you found any difficulty solving either of them, then here are a few tips that can help you in deriving the answers. I am going to illustrate the solution Read more…

Analytical reasoning questions require you to use your logical faculties in a more concentrated manner than the questions in the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE test. The analytical reasoning questions are usually statement based, wherein on the basis of information given in the question, you are required to draw certain conclusions, specifically those that are asked in the questions that follow a particular set of statements.

Given below are two analytical reasoning question sets.  Let us see how well you fair: Read more…