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GMAT Reading Comprehension

Instructions:
  • Answer 43 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Argument Essay Paragraph 2

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2. Strategy for Reading Comprehension






3. Classic flaws in Critical Reasoning 'Flaw Questions' stem






4. Preposition after 'to be considered'






5. Argument Essay Para 4

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6. Bolded statement questions commonly ask to choose the answer that...






7. Answer choices with word 'being'...






8. Various subjects enumerated with an 'OR' indicates singular or plural for verb conjugation?






9. Items being compared must be both ... and ... comparable






10. Causation/correlation






11. Limiting Words

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12. To+verb: verb can be in which tense?

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13. Strategy for Sentence Correction

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14. What is the evidence in Critical Reasoning questions?

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15. Appeal to authority






16. Strategy for Critical Reasoning questions






17. In Critical Reasoning Inference questions - an inference may follow from a single...






18. Typical pronouns that cause trouble






19. To be regarded 'as' or not 'as'

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20. Analogies - metaphors and other comparisons all require...






21. 'Better than at any time' or 'better than at any OTHER time'?






22. Disconnect






23. Typical wrong answers in Critical Reasoning






24. Answer choices with 'There is/are/has/have'...






25. 'With total employment at less than 68000 people...' what should change?






26. Argument Essay Para 3

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27. 'Not only' is always followed by

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28. Confusion of absolute numbers and percentages






29. 'Less' and 'amount' refer to ...and answer the question...

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30. 'Fewer' and 'number' refer to ...and answer the question...

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31. 'There is' 'There are'. where is the subject






32. Preposition after 'to be modelled'






33. What is the conclusion in Critical Reasoning questions? How do you find it.

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34. Preposition after verb 'to credit'

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35. 'Distinguish red ... green' 'distinguish .... red ... green






36. A llama is 'a native of' / 'native to' Peru






37. 'Like' or 'unlike' triggers

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38. Recoil






39. A statistical syllogism (proportional syllogism or direct inference)






40. Reading Comprehension Inference questions






41. When there is a modifying phrase at the beginning of the sentence -






42. Argument Essay Paragraph 1

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43. A person is 'a native of' / 'native to' the UK?