GRE GMAT TESTs AND SOLUTIONs

Frustrated by her husband’s lack of ____(i)____, Lisa tried to motivate him to ____(ii)____ for greater things. Blank(i) initiative   lassitude   eloquence Blank(ii) mitigate   invigorate   strive

Just as different people can have very different personalities, so too can pets—even those of the same species and breed possess varied _______. A-initiations B-implementations C-aptitudes D-rationalizations E-temperaments

Proponents of the International Style in architecture called for reducing buildings to purely functional form and found beauty in highlighting ____(i)_____ features. They rejected references to _____(ii)____ and historical styles and offered designs indifferent to location, a quality subsequently ____(iii)_____ by those who viewed the style as bland or unappealing. Blank 1    structural       aesthetic       hackneyed Blank 2    oracular        vernacular     secular Blank 3    disparaged    embraced      reclaimed

As a general rule, ballpark first and calculate second. Naturally you should end up ballparking more at then end of the section and calculating more at the beginning, but it’s a good rule of thumb. Ballparking can take many forms. The first benefit to Ballparking is that you can’t do it if you don’t understand the question. The basic process of trying to come up with a ballpark range for an answer involves arriving at a conceptual understanding of what the question is asking. If you are at the tail end of a section, you might stop here and pick an answer. If you are in your first ten, you might use this as a way of figuring out how to go about determining the actual answer. Always, Ballparking is a valuable way to check your work. GRE questions tend to make sense. The correct answer to a question asking for the number of students in a class will not contain a fraction (ETS won’t generally chop a student in half). A question in which a person bicycles uphill one way and downhill on the

TEXT COMPLETIONS Text Completions occupy a middle ground between Sentence Equivalence and Reading Comprehension. You will be given a small passage— one to five sentences—with one, two, or three blanks. If the passage has one blank, you will have five answer choices. If it has two or three blanks, you will be given three answer choices per blank. You have to independently fill in each blank to get credit for the question. The overall approach is the same. Ignore the answer choices. Find the story being told (there will always be a story), and come up with your own words for the blank. Here’s what a three-blank Text Completion will look like: Question 5 Proponents of the International Style in architecture called for reducing buildings to purely functional form and found beauty in highlighting ____(i)_____ features. They rejected references to _____(ii)____ and historical styles and  fiered designs indifferent to location, a quality subsequently ____(iii)_____ by those who viewed the

Here are some dos and don’ts that will reduce your chance of messing up unnecessarily. Don’t be late. Don’t be early; this annoys the interviewer. Get there early, go to a cafe and have a lemonade and turn up dead on time. Do eat a good meal beforehand; sugar lows destroy thinking power. Don’t argue with the interviewer about why they’ve asked you something. They’ve asked you it because they want to know whether you can do it. Do appear enthusiastic. Do wear a suit. Do be eager to please. They want someone who’ll do what they want, you must give the appearance of being obliging rather than difficult. Don’t be too relaxed; they may well conclude that you aren’t hungry enough for success to work hard. Don’t tell them they shouldn’t use C++ because my niche language is better. Do demonstrate an interest in financial news. Do be able to talk about everything on your cv (resume in American).Have a prepared 2 minute response on every phrase on it. Do bring copies of your CV. Don’t expect

Friedrich Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols expanded on the problem of the preponderance of reason in ancient Greek society. an issue he first broached in The Birth of Tragedy. The radical idea that Socrates was symptomatic of a decline Greek society based on the deification of ratio- nality was almost unique among Enlightenment thinkers. Reaction to the idea in The Birth of Tragedy, in fact, was so negative among German academics that Nietzsche himself vacillated in his support, referring to the work as "impos- sible" and "embarrassing" in a preface to the second edition before returning to the notion in his later works. The antipathy of his peers is not surprising given that he took aim at such pillars of Western thinking as Plato, Socrates, even Christianity. Though originally widely refuted at the time of writing, themes related to the con- flict between the rationality on one hand and the power of the senses on the other, were revisited

One of the most noxious wind-borne allergens is ragweed (Ambrosia). ss evidenced by an esti- mated 3O million sufferers in the U.S. alone and a societal cost of over $3 billion. Each plant is able to produce more than a billion grains of pol- len over the course of a season, and the plant is the prime cause of most cases of hay fever in North America. Although the plant produces more pollen in wet years. humidity rates above seventy percent tend to depress the spread of pollen by causing the grains to clump. Ragweed spreads rapidly by colonizing re- cently disturbed soil. such as that engendered by roads, subdivisions. and cultivation and has adapted to a multitude of climatic conditions, including desert and high mountain areas. Com- plete elimination is virtually impossible. Physi- cal removal is undone by even one seed or one bit of root left behind. Ragweed regenerates in about two weeks from only a half-inch of stem, usually with additional branching and flowering, so mowing can

Critics of Mark Twain's novel, Huckleberry Finn, view the protagonist's proclamation "All right, then, I'll go to hell" in chapter 31 as the story's climax. Twain's novel lent itself to such radical interpretations because it was the first major American work to depart from traditional European novelistic structures. thus providing critics with an unfamiliar framework. The re- maining twelve chapters act as a counterpoint, commenting on, if not reversing, the first part in which a morality play receives greater confirma- tion. Huck’s journey down the Mississippi repre- sents a rite of passage, in which the character's personal notions of right and wrong come into constant conflict with his socially constructed conscience by the various people and situations the protagonist encounters. The novel's cyclical structure encourages crit- ics to see the novel's disparate parts as inter- linked; the novel begins and ends with the b

Comparative historian Marc Ferro claims that the largest discrepancy in knowledge between what academic historians and what the aver- age citizen knows about history is found in the United States. How has this situation come about? Certainly the problem does not lie with the secondary literature. Whereas in the past. American historians were handicapped by sec- ondary literature that was clearly biased towards a European viewpoint, since the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. the secondary literature in American history has become far more comprehensive. And it cannot be simply a matter of space constraints; the average high school history textbook is well over a thousand pages in length. One theory holds that American history text- books are simply the socializing instruments of a controlling elite. The stratification of American society is preserved. according to this theory. by the creation of what Marx termed “false consciousness." The theory ho

Question 7 Over the last several decades, the demand for Country Y’s auto-mobiles increased in Country X but demand for Country X’s auto-mobiles in Country Y has remained stagnant. Initially, this disparity was plausibly due to Y’s manufacturers having superior technology, which has yielded more fuel efficient cars with cheaper maintenance. However, now Country X’s cars are comparable—if not slightly superior—in these respects. What Country X’s manufacturers fail to acknowledge is that Country Y’s drivers drive on the left side of the road. Clearly, to help lessen this trade imbalance, Country X manufacturers should produce more cars with right-side steering wheels. Which of the following is an assumption made by the argument? Reversing the trade imbalance requires making right-side steering wheels. If Country X makes auto-mobiles with right-side steering wheels, most consumers from Country Y will chose to purchase a car from Country X. If consumers from Country Y drive on the l

The journalist was ____(i)____ in his pursuit of the scandal he suspected: despite a lack of support from his editors, he was determined to investigate day and night, follow every lead, and write until dawn to get the story first and finally ____(ii)____ the big news agencies. Decorous         scoop Digressive        forestall Indefatigable    deprecate

To ____(i)____ people accurately, census workers must be ____(ii)____: because there are often residents of a household with the same name, or people whose names have unusual spellings, workers who are anything less than ____(iii)____ in following correct procedures and reviewing cases may result in the same resident getting counted multiple times, or even not at all. Blank 1   Blank 2   Blank 3 Rectify    derivatives   meticulous tally       fastidious   perfunctory impute  industrious   inexact

One of the rarest of celestial events, the total solar eclipse only happens when the Moon, in its orbit around the Earth, fully ____(i)____ the view of the sun from a particular location on Earth. Because the Moon is relatively small, in celestial terms, and its umbra, the central part of the Moon’s shadow caused by its blocking the sun, only traces a narrow path on the Earth, a total eclipse is such a ____(ii)____ occurrence that it typically draws hundreds of thousands of onlookers. First Blank    Second Blank Secularizes    Atypical Epitomizes    Desultory Occludes      mementos

The development of hydrogen-powered cars will always be ____(i)____ by the physical fact that hydrogen, while containing more energy per gallon than does gasoline, is much less dense than gasoline; hydrogen thus carries less energy per pound, making it ____(ii)____ for any vehicle to carry enough hydrogen on board for long trips. i)enhanced   hindered   parodied ii)convenient   austere  ungainly

Question 2 Contemporary authors are much more at liberty to be candid than were authors of previous centuries, but modern writers nevertheless often find themselves _______ portions of their works. A-emancipating B-censoring C-refuting D-censuring E-ameliorating F-expurgating

VERBAL Question 1 British modernists used the literary tropes of fragmentation and failure to explore the impending ____(i)____ of British colonialism; illustrating the imminent ____(ii)____ of the empire through their literature. Blank i  1-averece   2-castigation 3-dissolution Blank ii 1-sunset       2-rise        3-wealth ----------------------------------------------------------------

 X and Y are positive numbers.    Quantity A                                                   Quantity B Sqr (X)-Sqr (Y)                                      Sqr(  X-2*(Sqr(X*Y))+Y)

Quantity A                                                    Quantity B 35,043 × 25,430                                     35,430 × 25,043 A)The quantity in Quantity A is greater. B)The quantity in Quantity B is greater. C)The two quantities are equal. D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

                           y<>0 5Y^2                                           -Y^2/7 A)The quantity in Quantity A is greater. B)The quantity in Quantity B is greater. C)The two quantities are equal. D)The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

To fill a larger concert hall, a madrigal singing group consisting of sopranos, altos, and basses, in a 5:7:3 ratio, needs 40 singers. What is the least number of basses the group will need?

In the first half of last year, a team won 60 percent of the games it played. In the second half of last yeas, the team played 20 games, winning 3 of them. If the team won 50 percent of the games it played last year, what was the total number of games the team played last year?

The University of Maryland, University of Vermont, and Emory University have each 4 soccer players. If a team of 9 is to be formed with an equal number of players from each university, how many number of ways can the selections be done? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 25

(The average of five consecutive integers starting from m) – (the average of six consecutive integers starting from m) = (A) –1/4 (B) –1/2 (C) 0 (D) 1/2 (E) 1/4

Which one of the following could be an integer? (A) The average of two consecutive integers (B) The average of three consecutive integers (C) The average of four consecutive integers (D) The average of six consecutive integers (E) The average of 6 and 9

If n is an even integer, which one of the following is an odd integer? (A) n^2 (B)( n +1)^2 (C) –2n – 4 (D) 2n^2 – 3 (E) Sqr(n2 + 2)

If the ratio of two numbers is 6 and their sum is 21, what is the value of the larger number? (A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 12 (D) 17 (E) 18

What percent of 3x is 6y if x = 4y? (A) 50% (B) 40% (C) 30% (D) 20% (E) 18%

In the figure above, triangle ABC is isosceles with base AC. If x = 60°, then AC = (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 14/3 (E) Sqr 30

A shopkeeper sells his goods using 20% lesser weight and professes to sell the goods at the cost price. How much does he gain from his lie? Indicate the correct option. A shopkeeper sells his goods using 20% lesser weight and professes to sell the goods at the cost price. How much does he gain from his lie? Indicate the correct option. A)5% B)8% C)20% D)25% E)10%

A new word is to be formed by randomly rearranging the letters of the word ALGEBRA. What is the probability that the new word has consonants occupying only the positions currently occupied by consonants in the word ALGEBRA? (A) 2/120 (B) 1/24 (C) 1/6 (D) 2/105 (E) 1/35

On average, a sharpshooter hits the target once in every 3 shots. What is the probability that he will not hit the target until the 4th shot? (A) 1 (B) 8/81 (C) 16/81 (D) 65/81 (E) 71/81

On average, a sharpshooter hits the target once every 3 shots. What is the probability that he will hit the target in 4 shots? (A) 1 (B) 1/81 (C) 1/3 (D) 65/81 (E) 71/81

Suppose five circles, each 4 inches in diameter, are cut from a rectangular strip of paper 12 inches long. If the least amount of paper is to be wasted, what is the width of the paper strip? (A) 5 (B) 4 +2 Sqr 3 (C) 8 (D) 4(1+ Sqr 3) (E) not enough information

What is the greatest prime factor of ((2^4 )^2)−1? (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 11 (D) 17 (E) 19

How many different ways can 3 cubes be painted if each cube is painted one color and only the 3 colors red, blue, and green are available? (Order is not considered, for example, green, green, blue is considered the same as green, blue, green.) (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 27

A computer store offers employees a 20% discount off the retail price. If the store purchased a computer from the manufacturer for $1000 dollars and marked up the price 20% to the final retail price, how much would an employee save if he purchased the computer at the employee discount (20% off retail price) as opposed to the final retail price. A) $1,000 B) $960 C) $240 D) $200 E) $150

Peter's bank account has p dollars. John's bank account has 5 times what Peter's bank account has and 1/3 what Fred's bank account has. How much more is in Fred's bank account than is in Peter's bank account, in terms of p? A) 15p B) 14p C) 4p D) (2/3)p E) (1/3)p

Computer Games Plus needs to get rid of its copies of an old computer game. If it lowers the cost of the old computer game by $5 dollars, it can increase sales of the old computer game by 10 units and still generate exactly $100 of revenue from the old game. How many units of the old computer game did Computer Games Plus sell after implementing the new selling strategy? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 30 E) 50

x, y, and z are consecutive positive integers such that x < y < z; which of the following must be true? I-xyz is divisible by 6 II-(z-x)(y-x+1)=4 III-xy is odd A) I only B) II only C) III only D) I and II only E) I, II, and III

At a local appliance manufacturing facility, the workers received a 20% hourly pay raise due to extraordinary performance. If one worker decided to reduce the number of hours that he worked so that his overall pay would remain unchanged, by approximately what percent would he reduce the number of hours that he worked? A) 83% B) 80% C) 20% D) 17% E) 12%

There are six different models that are to appear in a fashion show. Two are from Europe, two are from South America, and two are from North America. If all the models from the same continent are to stand next to each other, how many ways can the fashion show organizer arrange the models? A) 48 B) 64 C) 24 D) 8 E) 72

A group of seven students is to be seated in a row of seven desks. In how many different ways can the group be seated if two of the preselected students must sit in an end seat (i.e., two students have been preselected to sit in either the first or the seventh seat)? A) 49 B) 100 C) 120 D) 240 E) 720

Four persons enter the lift of a seven story building at the ground floor. In how many ways can they get out of lift on any floor other than ground floor A. 720 B. 1296 C. 1540 D. 1478 E. 360

A box contains either blue or red flags. The total number of flags in the box is an even number. A group of children are asked to pick up two flags each. If all the flags are used up in the process such that 60% of the children have blue flags, and 55% have red flags, what percentage of children have flags of both the colors? A) 5% B) 10% C) 15% D) 20% E) It can not be determined

Mark has twice as many oranges as George. Tony has 10 less than twice the sum of George and Mark’s oranges. If Tony were to give 15 oranges to George and 5 oranges to Mark, George and Mark would each have half the number of oranges Tony had originally. How many oranges did George have originally? 10 15 20 25 50