GRE STUDY FORUM

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2009-04-14T19:51:00.001-07:00

The kitten was soaked to the _____ from the ____.

A. Skin, Abyss
B. Skin, Craven
C. Skin, Storm
D. Hide, Abyss
E. Hide, Storm

GRE GRAPH QUESTION OF THE DAY

2009-04-14T19:49:00.001-07:00

1. How many boys attended the 1995 convention?

A. 358
B. 390
C. 407
D. 540
E. 716

2. Which year did the same number of boys and girls attend the conference?

A. 1995
B. 1996
C. 1997
D. 1998
E. None

3. Which two years did the least number of boys attend the convention?

A. 1995 and 1996
B. 1995 and 1998
C. 1996 and 1997
D. 1996 and 1992
E. 1997 and 1998

GRE READING PASSAGE OF THE WEEK

2009-04-14T19:46:00.001-07:00

Many great inventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief. The invention of the airplane was no exception. Although many people who heard about the first powered flight on December 17,1903, were excited and impressed, others reacted with peals of laughter. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some people. Such people called Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the first flying machine, impulsive fools. Negative reactions, however, did not stop the Wrights. Impelled by their desire to succeed, they continued their experiments in aviation.

Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in aeronautics and mechanics. As young boys they earned money by making and selling kites and mechanical toys. Later, they designed a newspaper-folding machine, built a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop. In 1896, when they read about the death of Otto Lilienthal, the brother's interest in flight grew into a compulsion.

Lilienthal, a pioneer in hang-gliding, had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction. This idea was repellent to the Wright brothers, however, and they searched for more efficient methods to control the balance of airborne vehicles. In 1900 and 1901, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques. The brothers' inability to obtain enough lift power for the gliders almost led them to abandon their efforts.

After further study, the Wright brothers concluded that the published tables of air pressure on curved surfaces must be wrong. They set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings. Because of their efforts, the old tables were repealed in time and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces. This work, in turn, made it possible for them to design a machine that would fly. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane, which cost less than one thousand dollars. They even designed and built their own source of propulsion- a lightweight gasoline engine. When they started the engine on December 17, the airplane pulsated wildly before taking off. The plane managed to stay aloft for twelve seconds, however, and it flew one hundred twenty feet.

By 1905 the Wrights had perfected the first airplane that could turn, circle, and remain airborne for half an hour at a time. Others had flown in balloons or in hang gliders, but the Wright brothers were the first to build a full-size machine that could fly under its own power. As the contributors of one of the most outstanding engineering achievements in history, the Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation.

1. The idea of flying an aircraft was ___to some people.

A. boring
B. distasteful
C. exciting
D. needless
E. answer not available

2. People thought that the Wright brothers had ____.

A. acted without thinking
B. been negatively influenced
C. been too cautious
D. had not given enough thought
E. acted in a negative way

3. The Wright's interest in flight grew into a ____.

A. financial empire
B. plan
C. need to act
D. foolish thought
E. answer not in article

4. Lilenthal's idea about controlling airborne vehicles was ___the Wrights.

A. proven wrong by
B. opposite to the ideas of
C. disliked by
D. accepted by
E. opposed by

5. The old tables were __ and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces.

A. destroyed
B. canceled
C. multiplied
D. discarded
E. not used

6. The Wrights designed and built their own source of ____.

A. force for moving forward
B. force for turning around
C. turning
D. force to going backward
E. none of the above

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-14T19:43:00.000-07:00

During a 5-day festival, the number of visitors tripled each day. If the festival opened on a Thursday with 345 visitors, what was the attendance on that Sunday?

A. 345
B. 1,035
C. 1,725
D. 3,105
E. 9,315

SENT BY: AAKASH GUPTA, MYSORE

GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY

2009-04-14T19:42:00.000-07:00

If y = 3, then y³(y³-y)=

A. 300
B. 459
C. 648
D. 999
E. 1099

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2009-04-14T19:41:00.001-07:00

BRAGGART : MODESTY

A. fledgling:experience
B. embezzler: greed
C. wallflower: timidity
D. invalid: malady
E. candidate:ambititon

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2009-04-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

What is the measure of angle B in the following figure if angle A measures 135°?

A. 40°
B. 45°
C. 50°
D. 135°
E. 225°

GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY

2009-04-10T11:18:00.001-07:00

One alloy of metal contains 90%copper & 10%tin. Another alloy contains 95%copper &5%tin. If they are mixed so that the mixture contains 9%tin then what % of copper will it contain?
A)90
B)65
C)85
D)75
E)80

correct answer:75

should'nt it be 100-9=91%?
please explain!!

Sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-10T11:16:00.001-07:00

200 gms of a solution was10% sugar by weight. 500gms were replaced by a second solution resulting in a solution that was 16% sugar by weight. The second solution is what percent sugar by weight?
A)34%
B)24%
C)22%
D)18%
E)8.5%

sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY

2009-04-10T11:13:00.002-07:00

A parallelogram is such that all its vertices lie on circumference of a circle. Two such congruent parallelograms are joined along one of the congruent edges to form a third figure,which is??
A)kite
B)rhombus
C)parallelogram
D)rectangle
E)trapezoid

CORRECT ANSWER IS :rectangle...

I cant quite form the image in my mind...can someone please draw it?

SENT BY: KRITI AGARWAL

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-10T11:07:00.001-07:00

ANECDOTE : AMUSEMENT ::
A. parable : brevity
B. lecture : instruction
C. harangue : complacency
D. caption : illustration
E. slogan : repetition

sent by: Kriti Agarwal

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-09T08:40:00.003-07:00

BD=8
AB=6
ED=5
EF=FC
AF=?
OPTIONS:
A)4.5
B)3
C)4
D)3.5
E)5

sent by: KRITI AGARWAL

What is the preferable time for GRE?

2009-04-09T08:37:00.000-07:00

Please tell me the preferable time to give GRE CBT, either morning or evening and when the paper comes easy and hard (I heard about that).
Please revert.

Query sent by:

Aashish Shivhare

Project Engineer - Medical Informatics

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-07T22:57:00.000-07:00

The sum of 25 percent of 36 and 75 percent of 56 equals
(A) 23
(B) 37
(C) 41
(D) 51
(E) 69

SENT BY: AJAY KUMAR, BHOPAL

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2009-04-07T22:56:00.002-07:00

Sanguine
a) frantic
b) arctic
c) hot
d) pessimistic
e) related

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2009-04-07T22:56:00.001-07:00

Scientist are studying the growth of thunderstorms to discover what causes the difference between showers than enable to ——— and ——— storms that cause floods and erosion.
(A) Flourish —– Violent
(B) Wither —– Damaging
(C) Grow —– Harmless
(D) Parch —– serve
(E) Multiply —– Essential

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2009-04-07T22:53:00.000-07:00

A discount of 20 percent on an order of goods followed by a discount of 10 percent amounts to
(A) less than one 15 percent discount
(B) the same as one 15 percent discount
(C) the same as one 30 percent discount
(D) less than a discount of 10 percent followed by a discount of 20 percent
(E) the same as a discount of 10 percent followed by a discount of 20 percent

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2009-04-07T22:50:00.000-07:00

RAIL: VEHEMENCE: :
(A) entreat: urgency
(B) revere: simplicity
(C) plead: sorrow
(D) avenge: ferocity
(E) insult: sarcasm

sent by: Ruchika Gupta, Almora

GRE ANALOGY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2009-04-07T22:47:00.002-07:00

PROTAGONIST : CHARACTER ::
(A) brush : applicator
(B) lawmaker : government
(C) costume : gala
(D) conductor : orchestra
(E) novice : competitor

GRE Question on demand

2009-04-04T01:12:00.000-07:00

If 15 people contributed a total of $20.00 toward a gift and each of them contributed at least $1.00, then the maximum possible amount any one person could have contributed is
(A) $1.00
(B) $1.25
(C) $5.00
(D) $6.00
(E) $20.00

sent by: AAKASH SHARMA

GRE Antonym of the day

2009-04-04T01:11:00.000-07:00

LIMPID:
(A) rampant
(B) vapid
(C) turbid
(D) rigid
(E) resilient

GRE Problem Solving question of the day

2009-04-04T01:10:00.000-07:00

If the sum of two integers is 6, then it must be true that
(A) both integers are even
(B) both integers are odd
(C) both integers are positive
(D) if one integer is negative, the other is positive
(E) if one integer is positive, the other is negative

GRE Sentence Completion of the day

2009-04-04T01:09:00.000-07:00

Man is violent and therefore any theory of conflict resolution between nations that ___________ to account for this is ___________ flawed.
(A) declines . . supposedly
(B) refuses . . pejoratively
(C) fails . . . inherently
(D) consents . . manifestly
(E) flinches . . innately

GRE Analogy Question of the day

2009-04-04T01:07:00.000-07:00

EQUIVOCATE: COMMITMENT::
(A) procrastinate: action
(B) implicate: exposition
(C) expostulate: confusion
(D) corroborate: falsification
(E) fabricate: explanation

GRE DATA INTERPRETATION OF THE WEEK

2008-08-31T12:04:00.001-07:00

This question refers to the following table:

PERCENT CHANGE IN DOLLAR AMOUNT OF SALES
IN CERTAIN RETAIL STORES FROM 1977 TO 1979

Percent Change
Store From 1977
to 1978 From 1978
to 1979
P +10 -10
Q -20 +9
R +5 +12
S -7 -15
T +17 -8

In 1979, for which of the stores was the dollar amount of sales greater than that of any of the others shown?

GRE ARGUEMENT ESSAY OF THE WEEK

2008-08-31T11:58:00.002-07:00

Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument.

A recent study shows that people living on the continent of North America suffer 9 times more chronic fatigue and 31 times more chronic depression than do people living on the continent of Asia. Interestingly, Asians, on average, eat 20 grams of soy per day, whereas North Americans eat virtually none. It turns out that soy contains phytochemicals called isoflavones, which have been found to possess disease-preventing properties. Thus, North Americans should consider eating soy on a regular basis as a way of preventing fatigue and depression.

GRE ISSUE ESSAY OF THE WEEK

2008-08-31T11:57:00.001-07:00

Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.

"Important truths begin as outrageous, or at least uncomfortable, attacks upon the accepted wisdom of the time."

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2008-08-31T11:54:00.002-07:00

The average (arithmetic mean) of x and y is 20. If z = 5, what is the average of x, y, and z?

GRE QUANT COMPARISION OF THE DAY

2008-08-31T11:53:00.002-07:00

Column A Column B
(-6)⁴ (-6)⁵

GRE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE WEEK

2008-08-31T11:51:00.003-07:00

(1)	Picture-taking is a technique both for annexing the
	objective world and for expressing the singular self.
	Photographs depict objective realities that already exist,
	though only the camera can disclose them. And they
(5)	depict an individual photographer's temperament, dis-
	covering itself through the camera's cropping of reality.
	That is, photography has two antithetical ideals: in the
	first, photography is about the world, and the photogra-
	pher is a mere observer who counts for little; but in the
(10)	second, photography is the instrument of intrepid,
	questing subjectivity and the photographer is all.
	These conflicting ideals arise from a fundamental
	uneasiness on the part of both photographers and view-
	ers of photographs toward the aggressive component in
(15)	"taking" a picture. Accordingly, the ideal of a photogra-
	pher as observer is attractive because it implicitly denies
	that picture-taking is an aggressive act. The issue, of
	course, is not so clear-cut. What photographers do can-
	not be characterized as simply predatory or as simply,
(20)	and essentially, benevolent. As a consequence, one ideal
	of picture-taking or the other is always being rediscov-
	ered and championed.
	An important result of the coexistence of these two
	ideals is a recurrent ambivalence toward photography's
(25)	means. Whatever the claims that photography might
	make to be a form of personal expression on a par with
	painting, its originality is inextricably linked to the pow-
	ers of a machine. The steady growth of these powers has
	made possible the extraordinary informativeness and
(30)	imaginative formal beauty of many photographs, like
	Harold Edgerton's high-speed photographs of a bullet
	hitting its target or of the swirls and eddies of a tennis
	stroke. But as cameras become more sophisticated, more
	automated, some photographers are tempted to disarm
(35)	themselves or to suggest that they are not really armed,
	preferring to submit themselves to the limits imposed by
	premodern camera technology because a cruder, less
	high-powered machine is thought to give more interest-
	ing or emotive results, to leave more room for creative
(40)	accident. For example, it has been virtually a point of
	honor for many photographers, including Walker Evans
	and Cartier-Bresson, to refuse to use modern equipment.
	These photographers have come to doubt the value of the
	camera as an instrument of "fast seeing." Cartier-Bresson,
(45)	in fact, claims that the modern camera may see too fast.
	This ambivalence toward the photographic means deter-
	mines trends in taste. The cult of the future (of faster and
	faster seeing) alternates over time with the wish to return
	to a purer past - when images had a handmade quality.
(50)	This nostalgia for some pristine state of the photographic
	enterprise is currently widespread and underlies the
	present-day enthusiasm for daguerreotypes and the work
	of forgotten nineteenth-century provincial photographers.
	Photographers and viewers of photographs, it seems, need
(55)	periodically, to resist their own knowingness.

1. According to the passage, the two antithetical ideals of photography differ primarily in the

e.	way in which each defines the role of the photographer

2. According to the passage, interest among photographers in each of photography's two ideals can best be described as

e.	unrelated to changes in technology

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2008-08-31T11:50:00.002-07:00

Early______ of hearing loss is ______ by the fact that the other senses are able to compensate for moderate amounts of loss, so that people frequently do not know that their hearing is imperfect.

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2008-08-31T11:49:00.002-07:00

DIFFUSE:

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2008-08-31T11:36:00.002-07:00

1. COLOR : SPECTRUM

e.	cell : organism

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2008-08-26T11:15:00.000-07:00

Psychologists insist that all people, even the most ——- and ——– , have varying degrees of extreme emotions.
(A) celestial — civilized
(B) sylvan — intellectual
(C) brackish — mature
(D) defunct - healthy
(E) beneficent — stable

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2008-08-26T11:14:00.000-07:00

CAUTION
(A) blandness
(B) temerity
(C) severity
(D) strength
(E) charm

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2008-08-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

STOIC

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2008-08-26T11:07:00.001-07:00

when ticket sales began Pat was the nth customer in the line for a ticket and a customer purchased their tickets at the rate of X customer per minute of the following which approximates the time in minute that Pat had to wait in line from the moment ticket sales began?
a)(n-1)x
b)n+x-1
c)n-1/x
d)x/n-1
e)n/x-1

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2008-08-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

WORSHIP:SACRIFICE::
(A) generation: pyre
(B) burial: mortuary
(C) weapon: centurion
(D) massacre: invasion
(E) prediction: augury

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

ALTRUISM

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2008-01-27T12:16:00.000-08:00

A bus trip of 450 miles would have taken 1 hour less if the average speed S for the trip had been greater by 5 miles per hour. What was the average speed S, in miles per hour, for the trip?
(A) 10
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
(E) 55
ASKED BY ASMITA

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T12:15:00.000-08:00

crass
a) small
b) graceful
c) modest
d) airy
e) refined

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T12:14:00.000-08:00

Side AB of triangle ABC is 80 cm long, whose parameter is 170 cm. If angle ABC = 60 degrees, shortest side of triangle ABC measures
a) 40 cm
b) 36 cm
c) 17 cm
d) 14 cm
e) 11 cm

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T12:13:00.002-08:00

Nonviolent demonstrations often create such tensions that a community that has constantly refused to_ its injustices is forced to correct them: the injustices can no longer be____
A) acknowledge .. ignored
B) decrease .. verified
C) tolerate .. accepted
D) address .. eliminated
E) explain .. discussed

GRE READING PASSAGE OF THE WEEK

2008-01-27T12:13:00.001-08:00

The term “remote sensing” refers to the techniques of measurement and interpretation of phenomena from a distance. Prior to the mid-1960’s the interpretation of film images was the primary means for remote sensing of the Earth’s geologic features. With the development of the optomechanical scanner, scientists began to construct digital multispectral images using data beyond the sensitivity range of visible light photography. These images are constructed by mechanically aligning pictorial representations of such phenomena as the reflection of light waves outside the visible spectrum, the refraction of radio waves, and the daily changes in temperature in areas on the Earth’s surface. Digital multispectral imaging has now become the basic tool in geologic remote sensing from satellites.

The advantage of digital over photographic imaging is evident: the resulting numerical data are precisely known, and digital data are not subject to the vagaries of difficult-to-control chemical processing. With digital processing, it is possible to combine a large number of spectral images. The acquisition of the first multispectral digital data set from the multispectral scanner (MSS) aboard the satellite Landsat in 1972 consequently attracted the attention of the entire geologic community. Landsat MSS data are now being applied to a variety of geologic problems that are difficult to solve by conventional methods alone. These include specific problems in mineral and energy resource exploration and the charting of glaciers and shallow seas.

A more fundamental application of remote sensing is to augment conventional methods for geologic mapping of large areas. Regional maps present compositional, structural, and chronological information for reconstructing geologic evolution. Such reconstructions have important practical applications because the conditions under which rock units and other structural features are formed influence the occurrence of ore and petroleum deposits and affect the thickness and integrity of the geologic media in which the deposits are found.

Geologic maps incorporate a large, varied body of specific field and laboratory measurements, but the maps must be interpretative because field measurements are always limited by rock exposure, accessibility and labor resources. With remote-sensing techniques it is possible to obtain much geologic information more efficiently than it can be obtained on the ground. These techniques also facilitate overall interpretation. Since detailed geologic mapping is generally conducted in small areas, the continuity of regional features that have intermittent and variable expressions is often not recognized, but in the comprehensive views of Landsat images these continuities are apparent.

However, some critical information cannot be obtained through remote sensing, and several characteristics of the Landsat MSS impose limitations on the acquisition of diagnostic data. Some of these limitations can be overcome by designing satellite systems specifically for geologic purposes; but, to be most effective, remote-sensing data must still be combined with data from field surveys and laboratory tests, the techniques of the earlier twentieth century.

1) By using the word “interpretative” in line 40, the author is indicating which of the following?
(A) Some maps are based more on data from aerial photography than on data from field operations.
(B) Some maps are based almost exclusively on laboratory measurements.
(C) Some maps are based on incomplete data from field observations.
(D) Some maps show only large geologic features.
(E) Some maps can be three-dimensional.

2) With which of the following statements about geologic mapping would the author be most likely to agree?
(A) Geologic mapping is basically an art and not a science.
(B) Geologic mapping has not changed significantly since the early 1960’s.
(C) Geologic mapping will have limited practical applications until remote-sensing systems are perfected.
(D) A developmental milestone in geologic mapping was reached in 1972.
(E) Without the present variety of remote-sensing techniques, geologic mapping could not be done.

3) According to the passage, measurements of which of the following can be provided by the optomechanical scanner but not by visible-light photography?
(A) The amount of visible light reflected from oceans
(B) The density of foliage in remote areas on the Earth’s surface
(C) Daily temperature changes of areas on the Earth’s surface
(D) The degree of radioactivity emitted by exposed rocks on the Earth’s surface
(E) Atmospheric conditions over large landmasses

4) It can be inferred from the passage that a major disadvantage of photographic imaging in geologic mapping is that such photography
(A) cannot be used at night
(B) cannot focus on the details of a geologic area
(C) must be chemically processed
(D) is always enhanced by digital reconstruction
(E) cannot reflect changes over extended periods of time

5) It can be inferred from the passage that Landsat images differ from conventional geologic maps in that Landsat images
(A) reveal the exact size of petroleum deposits and ore deposits
(B) indicate the continuity of features that might not otherwise be interpreted as continuous
(C) predict the movements of glaciers
(D) provide highly accurate data about the occurrence of mineral deposits
(E) reveal the integrity of the media in which petroleum deposits and ore deposits are found

6) The passage provides information about each of the following topics EXCEPT:
(A) the principal method of geologic remote sensing prior to the mid-1960’s
(B) some of the phenomena measured by digital multi-spectral images in remote sensing
(C) some of the practical uses of regional geologic maps
(D) the kinds of problems that are difficult to solve solely through conventional methods of geologic mapping
(E) the specific limitations of the Landsat multi-spectral scanner

7) The passage suggests which of the following about the “conventional methods” mentioned in line 29?
(A) They consist primarily of field surveys and laboratory measurements.
(B) They are not useful in providing information necessary for reconstructing geologic evolution.
(C) They have rarely been used by geologists since 1972.
(D) They are used primarily to gather compositional information about geologic features.
(E) They are limited primarily because of difficulties involved in interpreting film images.

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T12:12:00.001-08:00

The number of five 5-digit telephone numbers having at least one of their digits repeated is
A) 90000
B) 10000
C) 30240
D) 69760
E) None of these

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2008-01-27T11:34:00.000-08:00

IRRATIONAL : COMMON SENSE ::
(A) Illegal : Law
(B) Persistent : Pain
(C) Indelible : Error
(D) Sensible : Logic
(E) Hilarious : Laughter

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:44:00.000-08:00

PREVARICATE

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:42:00.000-08:00

Today water is more _______ in landscape architecture than ever before, because technological advances have made it easy, in some instances even _______, to install water features in public places.
A) conspicuous . . prohibitive
B) sporadic . . effortless
C) indispensable . . intricate
D) ubiquitous . . obligatory
E) controversial . . unnecessary

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:41:00.002-08:00

P,Q and S are running a race on a circular track of circumference of 2100 m. When P completes one round, Q is 700m behind him. When S completes one round, Q is 300m ahead of him. What is the minimum distance from the starting point when they are together again?

A) 300m
B) 700m
C) 2100m
D) 16800m
E) None of these

GRE QUANTITATIVE COMPARISION OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:41:00.001-08:00

Seven 1 dollar bills are to be distributed among A, B, C, so that each of them get atleast 1 dollar.

Column A

The number of ways to distribute the bills if atleast one of them get atleast 3 dollars.

Column B

The total number of ways to distribute the bills.

a) Column A is greater

b) Column B is greater

c) Both are equal

d) More informatin needed

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:40:00.001-08:00

A photographer will arrange 6 people of 6 different heights for photograph by placing them in two rows of three so that each person in the first row is standing in front of someone in the second row) The heights of the people within each row must increase from left to right, and each person in the second row must be taller than the person standing in front of him or her) How many such arrangements of the 6 people are possible?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 9
D) 24
E) 36

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:39:00.001-08:00

palatial
a) humble
b) disordered
c) extreme
d) fetid
e) tasty

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2007-11-19T12:37:00.000-08:00

BUTTERFLY : CATERPILLAR ::
(A) Beetle : Worm
(B) Frog : tadpole
(C) Vulture : Carrion
(D) Horse : Calf
(E) Honeybee : Drone

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:36:00.001-08:00

CANONIZE

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-11-18T09:35:00.001-08:00

Enrollment in City College in 1980 was 83⅓ percent of enrollment in 1990. What was the percent increase in the college’s enrollment from 1980 to 1990?
(A) 10%
(B) 16⅔%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%
(E) 183⅓%

BY- SALONI from BANGALORE

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:34:00.001-08:00

Which of the following figurs has the largest area ?
A) a square with perimeter of 12 inches.
B) a circle with a radius of 3 inches.
C) a right triangle with sides of 3,4 and 5 inches.
D) a rectangle with a diagonal of 5 inches.
E) a regular hexagon with perimeter of 18 inches.

GRE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE WEEK

2007-11-18T09:32:00.000-08:00

What it means to “explain” something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language—a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The application of such a highly artificial system to the physical world, they claim, results in the creation of a kind of statement about the world. Accordingly, what matters in the sciences is finding a mathematical concept that attempts, as other language does, to accurately describe the functioning of some aspect of the world.

At the center of the issue of scientific knowledge can thus be found questions about the relationship between language and what it refers to. A discussion about the role played by language in the pursuit of knowledge has been going on among linguists for several decades. The debate centers around whether language corresponds in some essential way to objects and behaviors, making knowledge a solid and reliable commodity; or, on the other hand, whether the relationship between language and things is purely a matter of agreed-upon conventions, making knowledge tenuous, relative, and inexact.

Lately the latter theory has been gaining wider acceptance. According to linguists who support this theory, the way language is used varies depending upon changes in accepted practices and theories among those who work in particular discipline. These linguists argue that, in the pursuit of knowledge, a statement is true only when there are no promising alternatives that might lead one to question it. Certainly this characterization would seem to be applicable to the sciences. In science, a mathematical statement may be taken to account for every aspect of a phenomenon it is applied to, but, some would argue, there is nothing inherent in mathematical language that guarantees such a correspondence. Under this view, acceptance of a mathematical statement by the scientific community—by virtue of the statement’s predictive power or methodological efficiency—transforms what is basically an analogy or metaphor into an explanation of the physical process in question, to be held as true until another, more compelling analogy takes its place.

In pursuing the implications of this theory, linguists have reached the point at which they must ask: If words or sentences do not correspond in an essential way to life or to our ideas about life, then just what are they capable of telling us about the world? In science and mathematics, then, it would seem equally necessary to ask: If models of electrolytes or E=mc2, say, do not correspond essentially to the physical world, then just what functions do they perform in the acquisition of scientific knowledge? But this question has yet to be significantly addressed in the sciences.

1) Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the passage’s main point?
(A) Although scientists must rely on both language and mathematics in their pursuit of scientific knowledge, each is an imperfect tool for perceiving and interpreting aspects of the physical world.
(B) The acquisition of scientific knowledge depends on an agreement among scientists to accept some mathematical statements as more precise than others while acknowledging that all mathematics is inexact.
(C) If science is truly to progress, scientists must temporarily abandon the pursuit of new knowledge in favor of a systematic analysis of how the knowledge they already possess came to be accepted as true.
(D) In order to better understand the acquisition of scientific knowledge, scientists must investigate mathematical statements’ relationship to the world just as linguists study language’s relationship to the world.
(E) Without the debates among linguists that preceded them, it is unlikely that scientists would ever have begun to explore the essential role played by mathematics in the acquisition of scientific knowledge.

2) Which one of the following statements, if true, lends the most support to the view that language has an essential correspondence to things it describes?
(A) The categories of physical objects employed by one language correspond remarkably to the categories employed by another language that developed independently of the first.
(B) The categories of physical objects employed by one language correspond remarkably to the categories employed by another language that derives from the first.
(C) The categories of physical objects employed by speakers of a language correspond remarkably to the categories employed by other speakers of the same language.
(D) The sentence structures of languages in scientifically sophisticated societies vary little from language to language.
(E) Native speakers of many languages believe that the categories of physical objects employed by their language correspond to natural categories of objects in the world.

3) According to the passage, mathematics can be considered a language because it
(A) conveys meaning in the same way that metaphors do
(B) constitutes a systematic collection of signs
(C) corresponds exactly to aspects of physical phenomena
(D) confers explanatory power on scientific theories
(E) relies on previously agreed-upon conventions

4) The primary purpose of the third paragraph is to
(A) offer support for the view of linguists who believe that language has an essential correspondence to things
(B) elaborate the position of linguists who believe that truth is merely a matter of convention
(C) illustrate the differences between the essentialist and conventionalist position in the linguists’ debate
(D) demonstrate the similarity of the linguists’ debate to a current debate among scientists about the nature of explanation
(E) explain the theory that mathematical statements are a kind of language

5) Based on the passage, linguists who subscribes to the theory described in lines 21-24 would hold that the statement “the ball is red” is true because
(A) speakers of English have accepted that “the ball is red” applies to the particular physical relationship being described
(B) speakers of English do not accept that synonyms for “ball” and “red” express these concepts as elegantly
(C) “The ball is red” corresponds essentially to every aspect of the particular physical relationship being described
(D) “ball” and “red” actually refer to an entity and a property respectively
(E) “ball” and “red” are mathematical concepts that attempt to accurately describe some particular physical relationship in the world

GRE COMPARISION QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:31:00.001-08:00

{a,b} represents the remainder when a divided by b.
c and d are positive integers with c>d.
Col A- {c,d}
Col B- {d,c}
A) if the quantity in column A is greater.
B) if the quantity in column B is greater.
C) if the quantities are equal.
D) if the relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:30:00.001-08:00

Which of the following is equal to [1/(√3-√2)]2?

A. 1
B. 5
C. √6
D. 5 - √6
E. 5 + 2√6

GRE MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:29:00.001-08:00

The probability of rain on each of the five days is 1/6, except on the first day , when it is 2/5,and on the last day when it is 4/5.what is the probability that rain will occur on at ieast one of the five days?
a. 1/675
b. 5/72
c. 5/27
d. 22/27
e. 67/72

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:28:00.001-08:00

dissonant
a) forbidden
b) thoughtful
c) enviable
d) harmonious
e) candid

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:27:00.000-08:00

Physicists rejected the innovative experimental technique because, although it _______some problems, it also produced new ________
A) clarified . . data
B) eased . . interpretations
C) resolved . . complications
D) caused . . hypotheses
E) revealed . . inconsistencies

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2007-11-18T09:11:00.000-08:00

LEGEND : MAP ::
(A) Volume : guidebook
(B) Profession : biography
(C) Glossary : Text
(D) Column : Essay
(E) Issue : Print

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:23:00.000-07:00

CANONICAL

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-10-01T17:22:00.000-07:00

30.If M/(-19)
is an even integer, which of the following
(A) m is negative
(B) m is positive
(C) m is a prime number
(D) m is an odd integer
(E) m is an even integer

BY:: ASHOK KUMAR from BOKARO

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-10-01T17:21:00.001-07:00

ABNEGATE:
(A) refresh
(B) reaffirm
(C) relieve
(D) react
(E) reform

BY:: DEEPIKA TOMAR from MEERUT

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-10-01T17:20:00.001-07:00

A ream of paper contains 480 sheets of paper. A
certain box holds 16 reams. The number of sheets of
paper in 5 of these boxes is
(A) 2,400
(B) 3,840
(C) 7,680
(D) 38,400
(E) 76,800

BY:: SUDESHNA ROY from KOLKATA

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-10-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

The numbers in a table are arranged in 10 rows and 4
columns such that one number is placed at the
intersection of each row and column. How many
numbers are contained in the table?
(A) 14
(B) 40
(C) 400
(D) 10^4
(E) 4^10

courtesy: ASMITA JAIN from BANGALORE

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:16:00.000-07:00

The bottom of an underground rectangular tank has
an area of 12 square feet and the depth of the tank is
10 feet. A liquid is pumped into the empty tank at
the constant rate of 30 cubic feet per minute. After
how many minutes will the depth of the liquid in the
tank be 8 feet?
(A) 1.5
(B) 2.0
(C) 2.5
(D) 3.2
(E) 4.0

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

A candy assortment consists of seven flavors of
chocolate-covered creams packed in two-layered
boxes with 27 creams in each layer. The flavors are
always packed in rows so that the flavor varies with
each piece in the following order, vanilla, orange,
cherry, vanilla, raspberry, lime, pecan, cherry, lemon.
How many chocolate-covered vanilla creams are
needed to pack 200 boxes of the assortment?
(A) 600
(B) 1,200
(C) 1,800
(D) 2,400
(E) 3,600

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:14:00.002-07:00

Because the monkeys under study are ---- the
presence of human beings, they typically ----
human observers and go about their business
(A) ambivalent about .. welcome
(B) habituated to .. disregard
(C) pleased with .. snub
(D) inhibited by .. seek
(E) unaware of .. avoid

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:14:00.001-07:00

FILLY: HORSE::
(A) antennae: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp: bee

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-10-01T17:11:00.000-07:00

ENNUI:
(A) intimidation
(B) sleaze
(C) faint recollection
(D) keen interest
(E) deep reservation

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:53:00.000-07:00

CLOUDBURST

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

The perimeter of rectangle RSTU is 750, and
RS=350.
COLUMN A---- ST
COLUMN B---- 50

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:51:00.000-07:00

What percent of the integers between 100 and 999,
inclusive, have all three digits the same?
(A) 1%
(B) 2%
(C) 3%
(D) 4%
(E) 5%

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:50:00.001-07:00

INTRANSIGENT:
(A) accustomed to command
(B) qualified to arbitrate
(C) open to compromise
(D) resigned to conflict
(E) opposed to violence

GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:48:00.000-07:00

CONSTRUCT : REMODEL::
(A) exhibit : perform
(B) compose : edit
(C) demolish : repair
(D) quantify : estimate
(E) predict : assess

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-08-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

A century ago the physician’s word was ------ to
doubt it was considered almost sacrilegious
(A) inevitable
(B) intractable
(C) incontrovertible
(D) objective
(E) respectable

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:28:00.001-07:00

LOQUACIOUS

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-08-02T13:23:00.000-07:00

The admission price per child at a certain amusement park is 7/12
of the admission price
per adult. If the admission price for 4 adults and
6 children is $112.50, what is the admission
price per adult?
(A) $15.00 (B) $13.50 (C) $12.75
(D) $11.25 (E) $8.75

BY- SARTAJ KHAN from JAIPUR

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-08-02T13:21:00.000-07:00

Sixty-eight people are sitting in 20 cars and each
car contains at most 4 people. What is the
maximum possible number of cars that could
contain exactly 1 of the 68 people?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
(D) 8 (E) 12

BY-- KITTY SARKAR from KOLKATA

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND-ANTONYM

2007-08-02T13:19:00.002-07:00

MOLLYCODDLE:
(A) talk boastfully
(B) flee swiftly
(C) treat harshly
(D) demand suddenly
(E) adjust temporarily

BY--- PUSHKALA S J

GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:19:00.001-07:00

Nothing---his irresponsibility better than his---
delay in sending us the items he promised weeks
ago.
(A) justifies.. conspicuous
(B) characterizes.. timely
(C) epitomizes.. unnecessary
(D) reveals.. conscientious
(E) conceals.. inexplicable

GRE ANONYM OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:18:00.000-07:00

DEMOGRAPHY: POPULATION::
(A) agronomy: farm
(B) astronomy: planets
(C) chemistry: heat
(D) meteorology: weather
(E) genetics: adaptation

GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:17:00.001-07:00

A car gets 22 miles per gallon using gasoline costing $1.10 per gallon. What is the
approximate cost, in dollars, for driving the car x
miles using this gasoline?
(A) 0.50x
(B) 0.30x
(C) 0.11x
(D) 0.10x
(E) 0.05x

GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:15:00.000-07:00

d>0
COLUMN A----The area of a circular region with diameter d
COLUMN B --- The area of a square region with diagonal of length d

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-08-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

CUMBERSOME:
(A) likely to succeed
(B) reasonable to trust
(C) valuable to have
(D) easy to handle
(E) important to know

GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:47:00.000-07:00

Hi,

my gre score is::
Quant 780

verbal 390

what should i do now ?

which unive can i apply?

pls reply

ASKED BY------Sumit Purohit

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:43:00.001-07:00

COWED

ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:42:00.001-07:00

xyz < 0
yz > 0

COLUMN A-- x

column b-- y

MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:41:00.001-07:00

David and Michael charged Mr. Jimenez $3,000 to
remodel his basement. To complete the project,
David worked 4 days alone, Michael worked 1 day
alone, and they worked 10 days together. If they
each received the same amount of money for each
day that they worked, how much of the $3,000 did
David receive?
(A) $1,800
(B) $1,750
(C) $1,680
(D) $1,575
(E) $1,200

GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

Points P, Q, and R have rectangular coordinates
(0,8), (4, 0), and (0, -3) , respectively.

COLUMN A-- The perimeter of △PQR

COLUMN B-- 25

ANTONYM OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:38:00.001-07:00

INTEGRAL:
(A) profuse
(B) superfluous
(C) meritorious
(D) neutral
(E) displaced

ANALOGY OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:36:00.000-07:00

FULL-BODIED: FLAVOR::
(A) penetrating: vision
(B) humorous: character
(C) salacious: language
(D) nostalgic: feeling
(E) resonant: sound

SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY

2007-07-19T13:29:00.000-07:00

While many Russian composers of the
nineteenth century contributed to an emerging
national style, other composers did not----
idiomatic Russian musical elements, ---- instead
the traditional musical vocabulary of Western
European Romanticism.
(A) utilize ..rejecting
(B) incorporate.. preferring
(C) exclude.. avoiding
(D) repudiate.. expanding
(E) esteem.. disdaining

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

2007-07-02T17:42:00.001-07:00

INDUBITABLE

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-07-02T17:41:00.001-07:00

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND

2007-07-02T17:39:00.000-07:00

A gardener wishes to plant 5 bushes in a straight row.
Each bush has flowers of a different solid color
(white, yellow, pink red, and purple). How many
ways can the bushes be arranged so that the middle bush is the one with red flowers?
(A) 24
(B) 30
(C) 60
(D) 96
(E) 120

BY-- SHRUTHI from BANGALORE

GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-07-02T17:37:00.000-07:00

Which of the following is NOT a solution of the
inequality 3x - 4 > -5x + 12?
(A) 1.8
(B) 2.5
(C) 2.7
(D) 3.0
(E) 4.2

PERCENT CHANGE IN DOLLAR AMOUNT OF SALES IN CERTAIN RETAIL STORES FROM 1977 TO 1979
	Percent Change
Store	From 1977 to 1978	From 1978 to 1979
P	+10	-10
Q	-20	+9
R	+5	+12
S	-7	-15
T	+17	-8