Month: March 2017

GRE Verbal Quiz-02 GRE Verbal Quiz-02  

Verbal Lecture-09 Verbal Lecture-09 Flaw in logic: These questions are close cousin of Method of reasoning questions. In method of reasoning questions, the question asks you to describe method that the author used to convey his point in the argument. The flaw in logic asks you to take the next Read More …

Verbal Lecture-08 Verbal Lecture-08 Method of reasoning: As we know the author of the passage uses information in the premises to arrive at the conclusion. To answer Method of reasoning questions, we need to understand what the author reasons and then we need to analyze how the author used premises Read More …

Verbal Lecture-07 Verbal Lecture-07 BOLDFACED QUESTIONS: (Focus on Argument Structure, rather than meaning) In Boldfaced questions, usually two sentences in an argument are highlighted. And your skill of identifying the roles of both sentences in the argument as a whole is tested. As I said, always read the question statement Read More …

Verbal Lecture-06 Verbal Lecture-06 INFERENCE QUESTIONS: (Must Be True) Inference questions test your ability to conclusively deduce certain other information from the information provided in the passage. These questions usually includes words: “If the information in the passage is true, what MUST also be true?”. For instance,   A is Read More …

Verbal Lecture-05 Verbal Lecture-05 Alternate Cause – A weakener or not: Almost all of us would have heard of causal arguments and most of us would also know the common weakener categories for such arguments. For example: one of the common weakeners is the one which suggests an alternate cause Read More …

Verbal Lecture-04 Verbal Lecture-04 WEAKEN QUESTIONS: As similar to the strengthen statement or choice, a weaken statement or choice provides new information. But unlike strengthen statement, weaken statement makes the conclusion less believable and doubtful. Because the new information casts doubt on the validity of the conclusion. There are two Read More …

Verbal Lecture-03 Verbal Lecture-03 Strengthen questions: There are following points that you should know before answering strengthen questions: 1. The strengthen answer choice provides additional information 2. Simply by stating the assumption.   These questions test your ability to support the argument through a new information. For instance, let’s discuss Read More …