Unseen question types in actual gmat exam

I don’t think it is correct to assume that all questions you may encounter on the test will only be like the ones in the official guide or GMAT prep. You may have noticed that even on the GMAT prep the hard questions don’t really follow the patterns of the questions in the official guide.

This is one reason why solving a lot of questions is not really the best approach for the GMAT at least not for the harder questions.

Here’s the thing, it’s hard to write difficult questions. It’s also very expensive. One way to create a difficult question is by going outside of the traditional patterns.

I can tell you that difficult GMAT questions, tend to be the ones that don’t fall typical patterns and if you score high, you’re guaranteed to see at least a couple on your test. This is one of the reasons we created GMAT Club tests. It wasn’t because we thought the world needed more carbon copy questions from GMAT prep. It was because the official guide lacks difficult questions, especially the ones that do not follow traditional patterns and require out-of-the-box thinking. Often you get stuck on those questions during the test and that is what we wanted to simulate. Bottom line, if you are looking for a high score, you can’t expect to have cookie cutter questions that you’ve spent months doing. This is not a memorization of questions test. This is a test of being able to apply principles and rules to solve variety of questions which is why it is better to study the materials and the rules rather than focus on questions..




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Hey Tusharjoshi573
As sp24 has mentioned Advanced guide is a great book. Also have you completed all the GMATPREP mocks? Because GMAT Prep questions are really very good! A single Exam Pack has a lot of questions, you can definitely master your concepts from those questions.

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Hi Tusharjoshi573,

Regarding resources, in addition to seeking advice in this thread, take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses, and also read through some GMAT success stories to see what materials have worked well for other test-takers.

Also, would you like some general advice on how to improve your verbal and quant skills?

You also may find it helpful to read this article about how to score a 700+ on the GMAT.

Good luck!
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Hi,

I just gave the GMAT today (Enhanced Online) and felt the quant question formats to be more or less in line with Official Questions(sometimes with an added twist). That being said, I WAS practising from the Official Advanced Guide the last week before the exam, which contains some unique examples. This guide contains very old (some from the time of paper GMAT I believe) and some new Medium-Hard questions.

There’s a complete index as well: https://gmatclub.com/forum/advanced-gma ... 07043.html

But honestly rather than practising harder, or twisted questions, you may be better served by reinforcing your basics and becoming a better test-taker (on D-Day)

Hope it helps,

Sid.

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Hey harshtandel838,
Yes i have done all GMATprep mock test including paid ones.
I will study advanced book now but issue i faced was that questions in quant and verbal were quite longer in actual gmat test and also options more confusing.

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Hey Tusharjoshi573
There are a lot of questions available by different prep companies, but those aren’t similar to the questions in actual test. Other than GMAT prep, I can suggest you Manhattan Advanced Quant and Veritas prep for Quant. For Verbal I can only suggest GMAT Prep! If you’re done with test and you don’t wish to reset and retake that GMATPREP ones.., you can download the questions pdf available on GMATCLUB.. maybe it’s uploaded by souvik check the downloads section.

Also, your point was that the actual GMAT questions were quite longer or but confusing. I can’t comment on this because many feel actual test a little bit tougher than GMATPREP. You can try to search on this forum regarding which other materials or read actual test experience of folks on GMATCLUB, I hope that would help you.

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