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How to Solve GMAT Multi-Source Reasoning: Learn by Solving, Not Just Reading

Devmitra Sen
Devmitra Sen · Head of Academics
Published May 2026 · Updated Jun 2026
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GMAT Multi-Source Reasoning gives you 2–3 data tabs and asks you to cross-reference them to answer 3 questions per set. The method that separates high scorers: spend 90 seconds reading all tabs and taking shorthand notes before touching any question. This post walks you through a complete MSR set with mentor guidance at every step — work through it, not just read it.

3–6MSR questions per DI section
3 tabsof data per MSR set
6–8 minper complete MSR set
90sread all tabs before Q1
Devmitra Sen
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Devmitra Sen
Head of Academics · Crackverbal

Devmitra Sen is Head of Academics at Crackverbal and has trained over 4,000 students. Her scorers tell the story: GMAT 745, 725, 715, 705 alongside turnarounds like 575→715 and 375→675. She has produced multiple Q90 scores, including a perfect 100th percentile on GMAT Quant — a benchmark very few coaches can claim consistently. On Data Insights, her superpower is changing how students see, observe, and comprehend data: breaking it down, reasoning through it, and zeroing in on exactly what the question asks. The results follow: multiple 90+ percentile DI scores, including a 1st to 99th percentile turnaround in under two and a half months. She carries a quiet interest in the history of mathematical thought — particularly ideas rooted in India long before they were formalised elsewhere — a perspective that gives her an unusually grounded sense of why the subject matters.

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