GAT (Qudurat) common mistakes
GAT (Qudurat) · Understand the traps and how to avoid them.
Reads the entire verbal passage first, then the question, then every option in order without forming a prediction.
School habit encourages full comprehension before task focus, but on timed aptitude tests this wastes minutes on details the question never asks about.
What to do instead
Read the question stem first, underline the key noun or relationship, scan for that term in the passage, and state an answer in your own words before looking at the options.
Solves verbal analogy items by checking whether the two words are loosely related instead of stating a precise relationship sentence.
Vocabulary-focused study makes candidates treat analogies as synonym questions, so they miss direction, function, or degree relationships.
What to do instead
Write a short sentence such as 'A is a tool used by B' or 'A is the opposite of B', then test every option against that exact sentence and eliminate any pair that changes direction.
Chooses the most formal-sounding option in a sentence-completion item without checking the connector or the blank's grammatical role.
Candidates equate difficult vocabulary with correct answers and overlook signal words such as 'although', 'because', or 'therefore'.
What to do instead
Before reading options, identify the connector's logic, predict whether the blank needs a positive, negative, or neutral word, and reject options that fail grammar or contrast.
Answers a reading-comprehension question from general knowledge about the topic rather than from evidence in the passage.
Familiar topics trigger prior beliefs, and one plausible option feels true even when the passage does not state or imply it.
What to do instead
For every answer, point to the line or sentence that supports it; if you cannot locate textual evidence, eliminate the option even if it sounds factually correct.
Groups words in an odd-word-out item by broad topic association rather than by a shared precise semantic or grammatical feature.
Loose associations are fast and feel intuitive, so candidates stop at the first three words that seem related instead of testing the category.
What to do instead
Define each word briefly, then look for three words that share an essential feature such as part of speech, intensity, or function; the remaining word must fail that exact feature.
Keeps reworking one difficult quantitative problem past two minutes while later easy questions remain unattempted.
Sunk-cost thinking and perfectionism make the current problem feel too close to abandon, and the test does not reward persistence on a single item.
What to do instead
Set a 90-second cap per question, mark and move on when exceeded, and return only after all quick questions are answered.
Adds successive percentage changes instead of multiplying by consecutive factors.
Percentage discounts and increases feel additive in everyday language, so the brain treats 20% then 10% as 30% rather than 28%.
What to do instead
Convert each percentage to a multiplier such as 0.8 or 1.1, multiply the multipliers, and verify with a starting value of 100.
Computes a rate or ratio in one unit and selects an answer given in another unit without converting.
Under time pressure, candidates focus on the numerical calculation and skip the final unit check before matching an option.
What to do instead
Write units beside every number in the equation, cancel them explicitly, and convert to the answer's unit before looking at the choices.
Solves for the value that satisfies the condition when the question asks which value does NOT satisfy it.
The eye catches the mathematical expression and skips negative wording such as 'except', 'not', or 'incorrect' during fast scanning.
What to do instead
Underline negative words in the stem, restate the question in your own words, and circle the chosen option only after confirming it matches the negative request.
Reads a table or chart row total as a subgroup value or uses the overall average when the question asks about one category.
Visual density and similar-looking headers make it easy to grab the first prominent number instead of the correct cell.
What to do instead
Circle the row and column labels named in the question, write the subgroup numerator and denominator separately, and compute only after confirming both labels match.