Preparation tips for Integrated Reasoning section of GMAT exam

The Integrated Reasoning section of GMAT comes with 12 questions which are to be completed in 30 mins. The question types include Table Analysis, Graphics Analysis, Two-Part Analysis, and Multi-Source Reasoning.

This section tests the below-mentioned skills of the candidate

  1. Analyzing data offered in the form of graphics, text, and numbers

  2. Taking in relevant data from a variety of sources

  3. Organizing data to identify connections and solve numerous interconnected challenges

  4. Combining data to address difficult problems that require information from multiple sources

Learn and practice: You’ll also have to sift through a lot of information to get the two or three components you need to solve this challenge again, as you will be required to do in school and on a daily basis at work.

You simply need to get used to this new thing, as with so many other things in life.

Learn:

(1) How each sort of problem works

(2) The techniques that will enable you to respond to each category quickly.

(3) The one or two types of problems you despise (more on this below)

Guesstimates: If a fraction or percent-based graph prompt appears during the test, guess right away (simply click anything) and go on. The same goes for a table question. If, on the other hand, you get a table prompt with statistics-based questions (assuming you’re comfortable with statistics), go ahead and complete it. Even if you don’t generally mind Two-Part problems, you might speculate on them if you face particularly bad fractions or percent Two-Part problems.

Practice: Become familiar with the basic tactics for dealing with each of the four IR prompt kinds by practicing with them. Practice your bail methods as well—you’ll need to be able to make a quick decision not to do anything, and you’ll just need to make sure you’re releasing go when you should.