Non-Verbal Reasoning in CAT4
The CAT4 exam is made up of four different modules, which GL refer to as batteries.
The question types are very specific, which makes mock preparation even more valuable than other exam types. CAT4 tests are shorter and have fewer questions than other entrance exams. This may sound positive, but in reality it means that each question holds greater value and there is far less room for error. The challenge in CAT 4 is confidence and familiarity with particular question types.
Non-Verbal Reasoning in CAT4 covers both Figure Classification and Figure Matrices.
Let’s start with Figure Classification
Similarly to Verbal Classification in CAT4, Figure Classification tasks us with spotting the rule in the original three images, and selecting the image that matches.
Sometimes, this can be fairly straight forward:
In the first three shapes, the hollow circle is inside the shape and the shaded circle is outside the shape. Only option C follows this rule.
However, sometimes the rule can be less obvious:
Thinking about the position of the circle inside the shape? Don’t, it’s a distraction.
Some shapes have obvious attributes that appear to form a rule, but are actually nothing to do with the answer. In this question, all of the first three images are a rotation of the same shape (the position of the circle doesn’t matter at all).
Only E is the same shape, rotated, as the shape in the first three images.
Next up: Figure Matrices
In Figure Matrices the questions will always be presented in a square box. The task is to recognise the relationship between the different shapes and pick the answer that completes the set.
Let’s take a look:
The example on the left hand side of the box shows the square moving inside the circle, or the top shape moving inside the lower shape. The movement is vertical, downwards.
On the right hand side we can see that the star is inside the hexagon. This tells us that, like the square, the star will originally have been above the hexagon. So the answer is C.
Here’s another example:
This time the relationship is moving horizontally. The heart has moved inside the square and the shading has reversed. In the first image the heart is hollow and the square is shaded grey, this has reversed in the second image.
Looking at the hexagon and the star, this tells us that we are looking for a black shaded star and a hollow hexagon. The only option that matches this is C.
Head over to our CAT4 pages for dedicated modules on Non-Verbal Reasoning and complete exams covering all the GL batteries, just like the real thing.
