Critical Reasoning

There are some critical reasoning questions that involve rates. The concept of rates makes these problems very difficult to both understand and explain. First, let’s look at what “rate” is. Say my average driving speed is 60 miles/hr. Does it matter whether I […]

Let’s begin with the bottom line: no, they are not. If you are thinking along the lines of, “This official answer cannot be correct! How can the answer be A? It must be C, or C is at least just […]

The concept of conditional statements is very important and you will come across questions using this concept often. These questions tend to be rather challenging. So let’s discuss an official GMAT question on it. Question: A newborn kangaroo, or joey, is born after […]

Let’s take a look at the problem we left for you to solve in our last “evaluate” post. “Except” questions are usually more difficult to deal with since we need to find four “correct” options (which we are not as used to). So, let’s […]

Today we will look at an OG question of critical reasoning. We will use the concept discussed before – remember what an assumption is. An assumption is a missing necessary premise. It will bring in new information essential to the […]

I came across a question where the respondents were split over whether it is a strengthen question or weaken! Mind you, both sides had many supporters, but the majority was with the incorrect side. You must have read the write […]

At the risk of generalizing from a relatively small sample, let me say that people who are good at Quant, tend to be good at Critical Reasoning in Verbal. I certainly cannot comment about their SC and RC prowess, but […]

Another issue of assumption questions that merits discussion is the inference vs assumption confusion. On some questions, people find it hard to type the question as inference or assumption. Such questions often have the words ‘must be true’. Let’s discuss […]

Today, we would like to discuss a CR question based on necessary conditions. Note that you don’t need to be given ‘only if’ or ‘only when’ to mark a necessary condition. The wording of the statement could imply it. You need to […]

For our blog post today, we would like to take up an official assumption question which many test takers find extremely difficult. The issue is not only that it is difficult to identify the correct option but also that it […]