HOW TO PASS NON-VERBAL REASONING TESTS
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WHAT IS NON VERBAL REASONING?
Such tests may include:
- Determining identical shapes
- Rotating shapes
- Reflections of shapes
- Finding the odd shape
- Finding the missing shape
- 3D shapes
- Coding
- Shading and colours
- Number sequences
All of the above are typical questions that often appear in a Non Verbal Reasoning test. It is imperative that you fully comprehend the question types, and know how to answer them.
NON-VERBAL REASONING TOP TIPS
TOP TIP 1
Some people like to work on the questions they find most difficult first. Tackling these questions at the beginning will help them continue on with the test. However, some people prefer to leave the hard questions to last, but this is often considered intimidating. Leaving the harder questions until last may put you off throughout the test and possibly jeopardise your answers to the simpler questions. Pick a way that you feel most comfortable with and use it throughout your Non-Verbal Reasoning tests.
TOP TIP 2
Accuracy is key. You need to remain as accurate as possible to ensure successful marks. That is why it is important to fully comprehend the questions and understand what is being asked.
TOP TIP 3
It is often said that using highlighters are a useful way to distinguish your answers. Highlighting is helpful if you are counting lots of shapes or working out numbers of angles, etc.
TOP TIP 4
It is not wrong to draw out your answers as you go along. Drawing out the answers of what you think it may look like, will help you to visualise the answers.
TOP TIP 5
Knowing where you went wrong is just as important as getting the questions correct. You need to understand how the answer can be reached. Try practising a question again after reading the answers and explanations to ensure you know where you went wrong.
TOP TIP 6
Pay attention to everything! If you are unsure about what the differences are or what is happening in the sequences, pay attention to everything you see. Count all the sides, angles, colours, shading, line types, sizing, rotations, reflections etc. That way you can eliminate what is the same and what is different about the sequence.
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Sample Non-Verbal Reasoning Questions
To help you get a better understanding of what a non-verbal reasoning test involves, let’s take a quick look at a few sample questions.
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NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 01
Work out which two shapes are identical. (No rotation or reflection needed).
NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 02
Which shape is the odd one out?
NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 03
Work out which option (A, B, C or D) would NOT look like the Question Figure if it was rotated.
ANSWERS
NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 01
B and C
- You need to pay close attention to what each shape is showing. Some of the shapes may look similar, but they may be slightly different. The shapes may join at a slightly different position, or the size of the shape may differ somewhat, so you must pay attention to what the shape is showing.
- The key thing to remember for this question is detail. Pay attention to the smaller details within the figures, in order to distinguish which two shapes are identical.
NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 02
E
- These questions require a great level of concentration and ability to recognise patterns. In order for you to work out which figure is the odd one out, you need to work out which figure has something different about it.
- Look out for colours, rotations, reflections, and numbers etc, anything that can make one of the figures different from the rest. For the sample question above, you will notice that the circles are highlighting what is missing and therefore this makes it the odd one out. The other figures (A, B, C and D) all have either a black or white square balanced on top of the horizontal line. Instead, Figure E has two squares attached to the bottom of the line.
NON-VERBAL REASONING QUESTION 03
D
- These types of questions require you to pay close attention to detail. You need to determine what the question is asking you.
- For example, in this question it is asking you which figure is NOT a rotation of the Question Figure.
- Therefore, you need to find which shape will not look like the Question Figure if it were to be rotated. Maybe the shape has changed slightly or maybe it is a reflection and not a rotation.
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