Section 1
Reasoning in Humanities and Social Sciences
Passages, poems, described cartoons and small data sets. Each unit is one stimulus with five questions, and every wrong option comes with the reason it fails.
- Here
- 18 units, 90 questions
- Real pace
- About 1:37 a question (100 minutes for 62 questions)
- Marking
- One retry per question. A practice percentage is not a GAMSAT score.
- Humanities and social sciencesThe generous archiveThe new archive promised to give the town its past back. Its director disliked the old reading room, where a visitor had to ask a clerk…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesMendingShe kept the coat after the winter left, its elbows shining like a handled stone. I offered her a new one, light and warm; she thanked…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAn open meetingA hall contains a raised platform with five identical empty chairs and microphones. A banner above it reads YOUR VOICE, OUR FUTURE. A…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe quiet hourA library introduced a designated quiet hour. A volunteer invited every departing visitor on two Tuesday afternoons to answer a short…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe translated letterFor the exhibition I translated my father's letters. In the language in which he wrote, the word I rendered as “home” could mean the…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesWho owns the square?Mara: The square was empty most evenings until traders began paying for stalls. The rent now pays for cleaning and lamps. Critics call…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAt the farewell dinnerWhen Tomas announced that he was leaving the company, we made speeches about his courage. He smiled as if courage were a gift we had…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe tide markAt low tide we could cross by counting stones. My brother knew the numbers; I knew where the green ones gave beneath a hurried foot. He…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAn allocation ruleA town has 100 study-room hours to divide between neighbourhoods East and West. East has 100 applicants and West has 50. A survey…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe inherited pianoLEAH: You said we should sell it. Now that I have found a buyer, you say the room will be empty. SIMON: I said we could sell it. There…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesReviewing the unfinished portraitThe portrait exhibition has been praised for its honesty because the painter leaves patches of canvas bare. This is a curious…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe happiness dashboardThree panels depict a workplace. In panel one, a manager asks a seated worker, “On a scale of one to five, how free do you feel to…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAfter the apologyAda: Forgiveness loses something essential when it is offered only after an offender has become the sort of person we would have liked…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesWatching the nesting birdsOn the first morning I wrote that the smaller bird was timid. It waited on the wall while the larger one took food from the tray. On the…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesChange across generationsIn Year 1, researchers asked independent samples whether a town should preserve an old factory rather than replace it with housing.…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesAfter the performanceThe actor leaves his anger on a chair, a red coat folded with the lining out. The stagehand waits to sweep the painted snow; it will not…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesTwo letters from the millLetter A, written by the mill owner to a cousin after a stoppage: “The men returned on Monday in excellent spirits. We have placed a…5 questions
- Humanities and social sciencesThe prize and the weatherAt the annual race, a sudden gust carried the leading runner's hat into the face of the runner behind her. She won by a step. The rules…5 questions