Inference or Must be True

Inference Question Type   

  • Correct answer choice:       

   1. paraphrase of part of the stimulus       

   2. logical consequence of one or more parts of the stimulus. (Combination Answers)    

 • Fact Test: While selecting an answer choice, you must find the proof that supports your answer in the stimulus. Correct answer to a must be true question an always be proven referring to the facts stated in the stimulus.   

  • Percentage v/s Real Numbers  

   • Read closely and know precisely what the author has said (indicator words: some, entirely etc.). Do not generalise!  

   • When a stimulus contains only the opinions of others, eliminate any choice that makes a flat assertion without reference to those opinions.    

 • Keep a careful watch on statements author offers as a fact, and those the author offers as the opinion of others.    

 • Wrong Answer Choice:  

   1. Could be true or Likely to be true Answers 

    2. Exaggerated Answers            

   § Eg:                  

   □ Many Software Vendors recently implemented more rigorous licensing procedures.     

    Most Software Vendors recently implemented more rigorous licensing procedures.         

  □ Recent advancements in the field of molecular biology make it likely that many school textbooks will be rewritten.     

  Many school textbooks about molecular biology will be rewritten.   

 3. "New" Information Answers  

 ○ Steps for Identification:            

1. Make sure new information does not fall within sphere of term or concept related to stimulus. (Examine scope of Argument)   

2. Make sure it is not a consequence of combining stimulus elements. (Examine the answer)  

 3. The Shell Game        

 ○ An Idea/ Concept raised in Stimulus - very similar idea appears in answer choice - Just changed enough to be incorrect. 

4. The Opposite Answer     

5. The Reverse Answer       

○ Eg:               

§ Many people have some type of security system in their home.

Some people have many types of security system in their home.

Real Life Inferences. - Not applicable to Question Solving

Main Point Identification Question Type

• Introduction

• summarize the author's point of view

• Important to identify Conclusion of Passage 

Correct Answer Choice will be a rephrase of Main conclusion of Argument. (may appear at beginning or at the end)

• Conclusion Identification Method: Take the statements under consideration for the conclusion and place them in an arrangement that forces one to be a conclusion and others to be the premise(s). Once arranged determine if the arrangement makes logical sense. If so, you have made the correct identification. If not, reverse the arrangement and examine the relationship again. Use Premise and Conclusion Indicators to achieve this end. 

• Qualifications:     

1. Must follow from info in Stimulus. (Should pass Fact Test)     

2. Must capture Main Point of Stimulus.

• Incorrect Options:     

1. Answers that are True but don't encapsulate author's point. 

2. Answers that repeat premises of Argument.