GMAT Tip: How to Deal With a Critical Reasoning 'Paradox'

This tip on improving your GMAT score was provided by Vivian Kerr at Veritas Prep.

While other questions are more heavily tested in the GMAT critical reasoning, you’ll occasionally see questions that involve explaining a paradox or resolving an apparent contradiction. These “resolve the argument” or “paradox” questions ask about a specific incongruous aspect of the argument. To identify them, look for some common keywords such as: “explains the results,” “resolve the paradox,” or “best explains the discrepancy.” Unlike other critical reasoning questions, these don’t ask how to weaken or strengthen the argument itself.