Verbal Reasoning
About 30.0 seconds per question.
The UCAT gives Verbal Reasoning 44 questions in 22 minutes. That is the planning number to carry into a timed set.
The calculation
22min×60sec÷44Q=30.0sec / Q
Plan for roughly 30 seconds each.
This is an average, not a rule for every item. Verbal Reasoning is the tightest section: 11 passages with four questions each. Budget about two minutes per passage, and leave a provisional answer on anything that needs a second full reread.
- Questions
- 44
- Timed section
- 22 min
- Instructions
- 1.5 min
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