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GMAT Critical Reasoning Question Types
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GMAT Critical Reasoning Question Types
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1. These questions ask you to find the answer choice that points out flaws in the reasoning of passages

2. Look for an answer choice with information that supports the conclusion.

3. This type of question asks you to pick an answer choice that explains an apparent contradiction between two incompatible facts.

4. This type of question asks you to pick an answer choice that would help to evaluate an unspoken assumption about the argument.

5. Like reading comprehension inference questions - these questions do not actually want you to infer. Unlike most critical reasoning questions - these questions typically concern the PREMISES - not the conclusion

6. This type of question asks you to find an argument in one of the answer choices that mimics the method of reasoning used in the original argument. Most of these questions can be answered by simplifying (if A - then B).

7. Unstated premises that support the conclusion. Look for a flaw in the argument that is fixed by the assumption.

8. This type of question asks you to pick an answer choice that identifies the purpose of a word or phrase or the type of reasoning used in an argument