1 General Mental and Psychological Abilities · 1.1.5 Syllogism and verbal reasoning

1.1.5.9 Critical reasoning: strengthen, weaken and assumptions in a passage

Split the passage into evidence and conclusion, find the gap between them, and then pick the option that fills the gap (assumption), widens it (weaken) or narrows it (strengthen).

  • APPSC Group 1
  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • critical reasoning
  • argument
  • premise
  • conclusion
  • assumption
  • strengthen
  • weaken
  • flaw
  • correlation and causation
  • alternative cause
  • sampling
  • rate vs number
  • paradox
  • resolve
  • main point
  • CSAT

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