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by Geva@EconomistGMAT » Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:02 am
Bruno Schiavo wrote:Hey guys, what's the ratio of each question type in the verbal section?

The last practice test i've done had lots of sentence correction problems and just a few of critical reasoning ones.
Is it randomly assimilated?
Semi-randomly assimilated. The ratio is approximately 15-18 SC, 9-12 CR, 12-14 RC (in four passages). These ratios are presented as a range, as some random deviation is expected from test to test, and from test-taker to test taker. In any case, the consensus is that SC is indeed the majority format, and CR should indeed have the lowest frequency of the three.
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by dwarzoha001 » Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:56 am
This may not be the right place for this question, but do the questions adapt to your performance on the three types of verbal questions separately or together? Thanks
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by Bruno Schiavo » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:37 pm
Geva@MasterGMAT! Thanks!
Where did you gt this information?
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by David@VeritasPrep » Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:40 am
Geva is quite right, as usual. Sentence Correction is the most numerous of the 3 and CR is the least numerous. The ranges Geva posted are about what I would say as well.

For example, my last two tests March 17, 2010 and Sept 26, 2011 I had 17 and 16 SC and 11 and 10 CR respectively. If you take those two combined I had only 21 CR out of 82 questions, slightly more than 1/4.

This experience is confirmed by other experts, students, postings on the Beat the GMAT, etc.


As to dwarzoha001's question, the verbal adapts as a whole. So your performance in the various types impacts the questions you will encounter in the other types. Do well on SC and you will get tougher RC and so forth.
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