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The document provides tips for answering Critical Reasoning questions in the GATE Aptitude Section, emphasizing the importance of understanding the argument, identifying conclusions and assumptions, and carefully analyzing answer choices. It suggests reading the question first to focus on what is being asked and warns against making assumptions about answers. Additionally, it highlights the need to differentiate between facts and conclusions and to be cautious of emotionally charged answer choices.

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Wa0005.

The document provides tips for answering Critical Reasoning questions in the GATE Aptitude Section, emphasizing the importance of understanding the argument, identifying conclusions and assumptions, and carefully analyzing answer choices. It suggests reading the question first to focus on what is being asked and warns against making assumptions about answers. Additionally, it highlights the need to differentiate between facts and conclusions and to be cautious of emotionally charged answer choices.

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eritical Reasoning: 23

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can expect a 2 mark question in the General Conclusion. The conclusion does not necessarily
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Aptitude Section of GATE, and the question will Come at the end of the text of the argument; it may
require your focus for at least 90 to 120 seConds. Come somewhere in the middle, or it may even come
nan average, it may tàke you about twO minutes at the beginning. Be careful to clues in the text which
n solve the question. CR question is the easiest to might indicate that one of the statements made is not
ch throuah. It is common to feel like it is taking too simply asserted but is said to follow logically from
Iong (even when you're right on pace!) and there another statement or other statements in the text.
are often trap answer chOIces that, on a quick scan.
Inok perfect. On CR more than on any other type 3. It is extremely crucial to identify the
of question, you'll benefit from an extra 20 or 30
seconds carefully spent analyzing two or three final nature of question
answer choices. (Strengthening the argument/ Weakening the
argument/ ldentifying the assumption/ ldentifying
1. The argument (the set of statements Conclusion etc.) to rule out the options. In fact,
you might find it helpful to read the question first,
on which a question is based) should before reading the material on which it is based. For
be understood very carefully, with close example, an argument may appear to detect that flaw
attention to such matters as: but the question may actually ask you to recognize
the one among the answer choices that does NOT
(A) What is put forward as factual information
describe a weakness of the argument.
(Premises)
(B) What is not said but necessarily follows from
what has been stated (Assumption/Implied 4. Read allthe answer choices carefully
idea). NO ASSUMPTIONS are allowed to be made. You
(C) What is claimed to follow from facts that have should not assume that a given answer is the best
been put forward (Conclusion), and answer without first reading allthe choices.
(D) How well substantiated are any claims to the
effect that a particular conclusion follows from
the facts that have been put forward. (kindly Tips for Critical Reasoning
Check whether the above points should end in Reading the question before argument
question mark or period) helps. This way you will be able to find out what
you are specifically looking for.
wlle reading an arqument, it is essential to ldentify the assumptions and conclusions
understarnd the soundness of the reasoning which are scattered throughout the passage.
employed; it is not necessary to make a judgment It is not necessarily at the end of a passage but
ne actual truth of anything that is put forward as can be in the middle or in the beginning.
factual information. Working backwards may be beneficial for these
types of questions.
2. Learn to segregate the Facts/ Don't choose an answer just because it is true.
Premises from the Conclusion It may not be the correct answer.
If a question is based on an argument, be careful The correct answer is usually indifferent in
tone. Eliminate answer choices that sound too
to identify clearly which part of the argument is its emotional.

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