National Graduate Admission (GAT) Test

By Ashenafi Bogale Categories: Exam Preparation

Course Content

GAT: Brief Introduction
The Graduate Admission Test (GAT) is a general aptitude test designed to assess verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning abilities as predictors of success in graduate studies. GAT results help to screen and identify candidates who are eligible to apply for admission to a graduate program in any public or private university in the country. The test is divided into three sections, each targeting a specific aspect of reasoning. The first section is dedicated to verbal reasoning. It assesses candidates’ ability to understand and analyze written passages, comprehend complex ideas, draw inferences, and evaluate arguments. The second section focuses on quantitative reasoning, which measures the test takers’ proficiency in understanding and interpreting numerical data, solving mathematical problems, and applying quantitative concepts. The third section focuses on analytical reasoning. It gauges the candidates’ capacity to analyze and evaluate logical relationships, recognize patterns, and draw conclusions based on given information. The verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning sections of the test consist of 60, 40, and 25 questions, respectively, totaling 125 questions.

Verbal Reasoning

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VERBAL REASONING
This is the first section of the GAT test - It assesses candidates’ ability to understand and analyze written passages, comprehend complex ideas, draw inferences, and evaluate arguments - Usually, the format is a short passage of text followed by true, false and cannot say questions. -Verbal reasoning tests usually take the form of a written passage followed by a series of questions with possible True, False or Cannot Say responses. True - The statement follows logically given the information contained within the passage. False - The statement cannot logically follow given the information contained within the passage. Cannot Say - It is not possible to determine given the information contained within the passage alone; i.e. more information would be required to say for certain.