EPSO Necessary Inference Questions
Determine what must necessarily follow from the information in EPSO-style passages. The hardest verbal reasoning question type.
What are necessary inference questions?
Necessary inference questions ask you to identify what must be true based on the passage. The key word is 'necessarily' — the correct answer cannot be false if the passage is true. This is the strictest form of verbal reasoning tested by EPSO.
These questions often involve combining multiple pieces of information from different parts of the passage. You need to chain facts together logically while avoiding the trap of making assumptions beyond what the text supports.
Tips for necessary inference
Ask yourself: 'Could this answer be false while the passage is still true?' — if yes, eliminate it
Combine facts from different sentences to reach conclusions
Don't confuse 'likely true' with 'necessarily true'
Time yourself: aim for 90 seconds per question maximum
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Determine what must necessarily follow from the information in EPSO-style passages. The hardest verbal reasoning question type.