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…

GRE will be reasoning based from August 2011 and this is in news all over. Here, we are giving a short introduction of what reasoning based verbal GRE is going to be like. It is no more about knowing some 1500 GRE words and marking antonyms and synonyms. You will now be required to read between the lines and do things you did not imagine you will have to.

In these questions, a short passage is followed by a question. It is important however to remember that the passage usually consists of certain facts. They may also contain conclusions that can be drawn or inferences that can be made based on the given data. There may be certain assumptions that act as a bridge relating the fact to the conclusions. Critical reasoning questions call for the student’s skill to evaluate and analyze the arguments or a given situation.

Let us take a few examples:

Example 1: “The streets were deserted. A curfew was imposed in the locality following stray incidents of violence.”

We may connect these events to come to the conclusion – streets are usually deserted when a curfew is Imposed.

Example 2: “With the rapid invasion of our lives by the electronic media, sound engineering as a profession has an infinite scope and offers an aspirant several avenues of employment.”

An assumption, which is made in this statement is – the rapid advancements in the electronic media has been influential in bringing forth sound engineering as an employment option.

Example 3 : Let us work with the options now. Read more…