Wondering What Type of Questions the GMAT Verbal Section Consists Of?

If you wish to pursue your MBA overseas at a reputed B- school, then the GMAT exam is your ticket to do so. The GMAT full form is — Graduate Management Admission Test and is conducted by the GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council). It tests your logical, analytical, and critical thinking skills through four sections — Quantitative Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning, Analytical Writing, and Integrated Reasoning. However, in this article, we will only focus on the GMAT Verbal section. Before we proceed further, let’s give you an overview of the GMAT exam.

Overview of the GMAT Exam

There are thousands of applicants for the exam each year and it is mandatory to take if you are pursuing an MBA degree. There are no specific eligibility criteria for attempting the GMAT.  If you are above 18 years of age, you can take the exam without any permission. However, if you are between 13-17 years, you will need your parents or legal guardian to sign a consent form. Apart from this there are no academic qualification requirements, nationality requirements or minimum marks cut off.

There are a few restrictions on the number of attempts at the exam. You are allowed to take the exam every 16 days, but you are allowed only five attempts in a calendar year. The overall attempts allowed for the GMAT exam are 8 times. In the event that you score a perfect 800, then you have to wait for five years before you can reattempt the exam.

You can attempt the GMAT from anywhere in the world, but in light of the current pandemic situation, GMAC has introduced an online option. So now you can take the exam from the comfort of your home. This online GMAT exam will be monitored by a certified and trained proctor.

Now that you have some basic information about the exam and the GMAT full form, let’s acquaint you with the Verbal section of the GMAT.

GMAT Verbal

The GMAT verbal is aimed at testing your language skills, your ability to read and understand a given material, correct written sentences and express ideas in a clear manner, reason, and evaluate arguments.

There are three types of questions asked in the Verbal section — Reading Comprehension, Sentence Correction, and Critical Reasoning. Let’s look at each of them in a bit more detail below:

Reading Comprehension

In the reading comprehension question, you are given a passage on any topic and questions based on the topic. While answering the questions ensure that you understand what is being asked. Obtain information from the given passage and don’t make assumptions. Before choosing the answer make sure to read all the given options carefully.

Sentence Correction

These questions have a part of the sentence underlined and you have to select an option to rephrase the underlined portion. You are given five options to replace the original sentence. The correct answer is the one that is clear, concise, and doesn’t have any grammatical errors. While answering you have to carefully evaluate all the choices before you proceed to select the correct answer.

Critical Reasoning

In the critical reasoning section of the GMAT Verbal, you are asked to read a short argument and then answer questions related to the same. You have to find an answer option that either strengthens or weakens the argument. You can make an assumption about the argument or make inferences yourself.

We trust that you gained a clear picture of the Verbal section. There are various study materials available online as well as books to help you practice these questions.

All the Best!