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Top Tips to Conquer Assumption-Based Questions in GMAT CR 14 Jul 2024, 21:32
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You will see these types of question pretty often when you prepare for CR, or take mock test, or take actual GMAT. These types of questions rely on at least one assumption made by the author of the argument, and all contain conclusions. Generally, assumptions are not stated in the argument but is something that the author believes to be true in order to draw a conclusion. Assumption based questions can be asked in different ways:


  • You might be simply asked to identify the assumption which supports the argument or to identify the assumption which is flawed
  • Identify the option which strengthens the conclusion – You will have to identify the assumption which supports the conclusion
  • Identify the option which weakens the conclusion – You will have to identify the assumption which contradicts the conclusion or doesn’t support the conclusion
  • Evaluate a conclusion – In this case you will have to find out what’s missing in the argument that would make the conclusion justifiable. We need to find an option that would test the assumption in order to determine whether assumption is valid or not.
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