The Verbal Section on the Gmat consists of 41 questions.The time allotted to complete
the verbal section is 75 minutes.When you receive your Gmat score card the verbal
section score is scaled from 0-60.
The questions in the verbal section can be broadly classified into
one of the following types
The verbal section will have on an average 14-15 questions on
reading comprehension.Each of the passages given will have an average length of
300 words. Each passage usually has 3-4 questions
The verbal section will have on an average 14-15 questions on
sentence correction. A sentence correction question on the Gmat looks like a long/short
sentence which is either fully or partially underlined. The underlined part needs
to be improvised. The first option is the same as the question, meaning you select
this if you believe, the sentence in the question has no mistakes.
The verbal section will have on an average 14-15 questions on critical reasoning.The
questions usually has a short passage, which is followed by either one or two questions.The
instructions to solve the question, are provided with the question. These questions
deal with reasoning,arguments,assumptions,conclusion.For eg. Some facts would be
stated, and a conclusion would be stated, and the correct answer involves choosing
a fact that would contradict the conclusion.
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