What

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GMAT?

An Introduction to Basics of GMAT

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GMAT is NOT a test OF ENGLISH rather a test IN English!

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The test consist of FOUR sections!

Analytical Writing Assessment

Integrated Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning

Verbal

Reasoning

0-6

(in 0.5-point increments)

30 minutes

1 Task

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6-51

(in 1-point increments)

62 minutes

31 questions

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6-51

(in 1-point increments)

65 minutes

36 questions

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1-8

(in 1-point increments)

30 minutes

12 questions

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Verbal Reasoning

Reading Comprehension

Sentence Correction

Critical Reasoning

Sentence Correction

The largest of all the planets, not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn. the next larger planet, but also possesses four of the largest satellites, or moons, in our solar system.

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(A) not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger

(B) not only is Jupiter three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(C) Jupiter, not only three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(D) Jupiter not only is three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(E) Jupiter is not only three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger

Sentence Correction

The largest of all the planets, not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn. the next larger planet, but also possesses four of the largest satellites, or moons, in our solar system.

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(A) not only is Jupiter three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger

(B) not only is Jupiter three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(C) Jupiter, not only three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(D) Jupiter not only is three times as massive as Saturn, the next largest

(E) Jupiter is not only three times so massive as Saturn, the next larger

Sentence Correction Most Common Error Types

Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons

Subject-Verb Agreement

Modifiers

Comparisons

Parallel Structures

Idioms and Style

The threatened prosecution of businesses flying 20-by-38-foot garrison flags, which are traditionally to be flown on national holidays, instead of the smaller post flags, which can be flown at any time, is unconscionable. Legal technicalities of this sort should never restrict patriotic expression.

Critical Reasoning

The threatened prosecution of businesses flying 20-by-38-foot garrison flags, which are traditionally to be flown on national holidays, instead of the smaller post flags, which can be flown at any time, is unconscionable. Legal technicalities of this sort should never restrict patriotic expression.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

• Many people find the garrison flags’ size to be distracting and ill suited to neighbourhood aesthetics.
• The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
• The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
• The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
• The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.

Critical Reasoning

The threatened prosecution of businesses flying 20-by-38-foot garrison flags, which are traditionally to be flown on national holidays, instead of the smaller post flags, which can be flown at any time, is unconscionable. Legal technicalities of this sort should never restrict patriotic expression.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument above?

• Many people find the garrison flags’ size to be distracting and ill suited to neighbourhood aesthetics.
• The businesses that are flying garrison flags do so primarily to attract customers.
• The raising and lowering of different-sized flags on the correct days of the year is a laborious and time-consuming procedure.
• The regulations that govern the correct display of the nation’s flags are part of an old and time-honored tradition.
• The symbolic significance of a flag’s size is not generally understood by most of the customers patronizing these businesses.

Critical Reasoning

TO Master Critical Reasoning ...

Arguments Construction

Evaluate the Argument

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Formulating and evaluating a plan of action

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Recognizing the basic structure of an argument, properly drawn conclusions, underlying assumptions, explanatory hypotheses, or parallels between structurally similar arguments.

Analyzing an argument, recognizing elements that would strengthen or weaken it, identifying reasoning errors or aspects of the argument’s development

Recognizing the relative appropriateness, effectiveness, and efficiency of different plans of action, as well as factors that would strengthen or weaken a proposed plan of action

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Questions to consider:

a) How has the population of Mentia changed over the last twenty years? Perhaps the citizens who suffered from headaches were older and have since died, leaving a younger, healthier population.

b) Have the subjects of the study remained the same over the twenty-year period?

c) What caused the headaches? Some may have been the result of allergies, and, when those people treated their allergies, the headaches declined in number. Some headaches may have occurred due to stress. Lifestyle changes could have eliminated some of those headaches.

d) Many headaches are idiopathic. They come and go for no apparent reason. How can their disappearance be attributed to the addition of salicylates?

e) Have the residents of Mentia changed their diets to include more of the foods that are naturally rich in salicylates?

To be successful in the Quantitative part of the exam, you need to master these topics:

Arithmetics

Algebra

Geometry

Statistics

Question Types

Data Sufficiency

Problem Solving

If x > 0, what is the value of x?

Data Sufficiency

(1) x > 5

(2) 40 − x^2 = 4

If x > 0, what is the value of x?

Data Sufficiency

(1) x > 5

(2) 40 − x^2 = 4

1. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) is not sufficient.
2. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) is not sufficient.
3. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
4. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
5. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

It is a Computer Adaptive Test

• The level of the difficulty of each question is determined by your answer to the previous question!
• You cannot GO BACK!
• Ideally, you will reach a stage of
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