Monday, November 19, 2007
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
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
A) conspicuous . . prohibitive
B) sporadic . . effortless
C) indispensable . . intricate
D) ubiquitous . . obligatory
E) controversial . . unnecessary
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
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
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
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
A) 5
B) 6
C) 9
D) 24
E) 36
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
BUTTERFLY : CATERPILLAR ::
(A) Beetle : Worm
(B) Frog : tadpole
(C) Vulture : Carrion
(D) Horse : Calf
(E) Honeybee : Drone
(A) Beetle : Worm
(B) Frog : tadpole
(C) Vulture : Carrion
(D) Horse : Calf
(E) Honeybee : Drone
Sunday, November 18, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
(A) 10%
(B) 16⅔%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%
(E) 183⅓%
BY- SALONI from BANGALORE
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
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.
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
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
{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.
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
Which of the following is equal to [1/(√3-√2)]2?
A. 1B. 5
C. √6
D. 5 - √6
E. 5 + 2√6
GRE MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
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
a. 1/675
b. 5/72
c. 5/27
d. 22/27
e. 67/72
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
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
A) clarified . . data
B) eased . . interpretations
C) resolved . . complications
D) caused . . hypotheses
E) revealed . . inconsistencies
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
LEGEND : MAP ::
(A) Volume : guidebook
(B) Profession : biography
(C) Glossary : Text
(D) Column : Essay
(E) Issue : Print
(A) Volume : guidebook
(B) Profession : biography
(C) Glossary : Text
(D) Column : Essay
(E) Issue : Print
Monday, October 1, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
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
ABNEGATE:
(A) refresh
(B) reaffirm
(C) relieve
(D) react
(E) reform
BY:: DEEPIKA TOMAR from MEERUT
(A) refresh
(B) reaffirm
(C) relieve
(D) react
(E) reform
BY:: DEEPIKA TOMAR from MEERUT
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
FILLY: HORSE::
(A) antennae: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp: bee
(A) antennae: butterfly
(B) pullet: chicken
(C) gaggle: goose
(D) duck: drake
(E) wasp: bee
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
ENNUI:
(A) intimidation
(B) sleaze
(C) faint recollection
(D) keen interest
(E) deep reservation
(A) intimidation
(B) sleaze
(C) faint recollection
(D) keen interest
(E) deep reservation
Saturday, August 18, 2007
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
The perimeter of rectangle RSTU is 750, and
RS=350.
COLUMN A---- ST
COLUMN B---- 50
RS=350.
COLUMN A---- ST
COLUMN B---- 50
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
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%
inclusive, have all three digits the same?
(A) 1%
(B) 2%
(C) 3%
(D) 4%
(E) 5%
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
INTRANSIGENT:
(A) accustomed to command
(B) qualified to arbitrate
(C) open to compromise
(D) resigned to conflict
(E) opposed to violence
(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
CONSTRUCT : REMODEL::
(A) exhibit : perform
(B) compose : edit
(C) demolish : repair
(D) quantify : estimate
(E) predict : assess
(A) exhibit : perform
(B) compose : edit
(C) demolish : repair
(D) quantify : estimate
(E) predict : assess
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
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
doubt it was considered almost sacrilegious
(A) inevitable
(B) intractable
(C) incontrovertible
(D) objective
(E) respectable
Thursday, August 2, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
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
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
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
MOLLYCODDLE:
(A) talk boastfully
(B) flee swiftly
(C) treat harshly
(D) demand suddenly
(E) adjust temporarily
BY--- PUSHKALA S J
(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
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
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
DEMOGRAPHY: POPULATION::
(A) agronomy: farm
(B) astronomy: planets
(C) chemistry: heat
(D) meteorology: weather
(E) genetics: adaptation
(A) agronomy: farm
(B) astronomy: planets
(C) chemistry: heat
(D) meteorology: weather
(E) genetics: adaptation
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
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
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
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
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
CUMBERSOME:
(A) likely to succeed
(B) reasonable to trust
(C) valuable to have
(D) easy to handle
(E) important to know
(A) likely to succeed
(B) reasonable to trust
(C) valuable to have
(D) easy to handle
(E) important to know
Thursday, July 19, 2007
GRE DOUBT OF THE DAY
Hi,
my gre score is::
Quant 780
Quant 780
verbal 390
what should i do now ?
which unive can i apply?
pls reply
ASKED BY------Sumit Purohit
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
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
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
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
(0,8), (4, 0), and (0, -3) , respectively.
COLUMN A-- The perimeter of △PQR
COLUMN B-- 25
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
FULL-BODIED: FLAVOR::
(A) penetrating: vision
(B) humorous: character
(C) salacious: language
(D) nostalgic: feeling
(E) resonant: sound
(A) penetrating: vision
(B) humorous: character
(C) salacious: language
(D) nostalgic: feeling
(E) resonant: sound
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
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
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
Monday, July 2, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
BY-- SHRUTHI from BANGALORE
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
BY-- SHRUTHI from BANGALORE
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
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
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
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
inequality 3x - 4 > -5x + 12?
(A) 1.8
(B) 2.5
(C) 2.7
(D) 3.0
(E) 4.2
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
If 2.5pi * 10^5 cubic feet of earth are to be removed
in constructing a tunnel in the shape of a right
circular cylinder 20 feet in diameter, what will be
the length, in feet, of the tunnel?
(A) 25,000
(B) 12,500
(C) 5,000
(D) 2,500
(E) 1,250
in constructing a tunnel in the shape of a right
circular cylinder 20 feet in diameter, what will be
the length, in feet, of the tunnel?
(A) 25,000
(B) 12,500
(C) 5,000
(D) 2,500
(E) 1,250
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
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
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
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
SILVER: TARNISH::
(A) gold: burnish
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear
(A) gold: burnish
(B) steel: forge
(C) iron: rust
(D) lead: cast
(E) tin: shear
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
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
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
Thursday, June 21, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
If the average (arithmetic mean) of x, y, z, 5, and 7 is 8,
which of the value for x = 1?
I The median of the five numbers cannot be 5
II At least one of x, y and z is greater than 9
III The range of the five numbers is 2 or more
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and III
(E) II and III
BY-- TAUSEEF INDIKAR from BANGALORE
which of the value for x = 1?
I The median of the five numbers cannot be 5
II At least one of x, y and z is greater than 9
III The range of the five numbers is 2 or more
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and III
(E) II and III
BY-- TAUSEEF INDIKAR from BANGALORE
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
Which of the following CANNOT be a factor of 2^i and
3^j , where i and j are positive integers?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 27
(D) 42
(E) 54
3^j , where i and j are positive integers?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 27
(D) 42
(E) 54
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
In △ABC, AB =6, BC = 8, and CA =10.5
COLUMN A--The measure of angle ABC
COLUMN B--90º
COLUMN A--The measure of angle ABC
COLUMN B--90º
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
The cost of sending a package special delivery is x cents
per ounce up to 10 ounces and y cents for each ounce in
excess of 10. Which of the following represents the
total cost, in cents, of sending special delivery a
package weighing w ounces, if w > 10?
(A) x + (w - 10)y +10
(B) x + (w - 10) + y
(C) 10x + 10(w - y )
(D) 10x + y(w - 10)
(E) 10x + wy
BY--- DARSHAN D V from BANGALORE
per ounce up to 10 ounces and y cents for each ounce in
excess of 10. Which of the following represents the
total cost, in cents, of sending special delivery a
package weighing w ounces, if w > 10?
(A) x + (w - 10)y +10
(B) x + (w - 10) + y
(C) 10x + 10(w - y )
(D) 10x + y(w - 10)
(E) 10x + wy
BY--- DARSHAN D V from BANGALORE
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
Diane completed each of her exercise sets in 75 seconds
and rested for 55 seconds between the exercise sets.
What is the ratio of the amount of time it took her to
complete an exercise set to the amount of time she
rested between the sets?
(A) 5:6
(B) 5:11
(C) 6:11
(D) 11:5
(E) 11:6
and rested for 55 seconds between the exercise sets.
What is the ratio of the amount of time it took her to
complete an exercise set to the amount of time she
rested between the sets?
(A) 5:6
(B) 5:11
(C) 6:11
(D) 11:5
(E) 11:6
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
TREE: FORESTRY::
(A) tractor: agriculture
(B) experiment: laboratory
(C) fuel: combustion
(D) flower: horticulture
(E) generator: electricity
(A) tractor: agriculture
(B) experiment: laboratory
(C) fuel: combustion
(D) flower: horticulture
(E) generator: electricity
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
We first became aware that her support for the new
program was less than---- when she declined to
make a speech in its favor.
(A) qualified
(B) haphazard
(C) fleeting
(D) unwarranted
(E) wholehearted
program was less than---- when she declined to
make a speech in its favor.
(A) qualified
(B) haphazard
(C) fleeting
(D) unwarranted
(E) wholehearted
Sunday, June 17, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
The average (arithmetic mean)
of |x| and x equals
(A) x if x > 0, and equals 0 if x= 0
(B) -x if x < 0, and equals 0 if x = 0
(C) 0, regardless of the value of x
(D) x, regardless of the value of x
(E) |x|, regardless of the value of x
BY-- RAKESH AGGARWAL from MUMBAI
of |x| and x equals
(A) x if x > 0, and equals 0 if x= 0
(B) -x if x < 0, and equals 0 if x = 0
(C) 0, regardless of the value of x
(D) x, regardless of the value of x
(E) |x|, regardless of the value of x
BY-- RAKESH AGGARWAL from MUMBAI
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
An experiment has three possible outcomes, l, J, and
K. The probabilities of the outcomes are 0.25, 0.35,
and 0.40, respectively. If the experiment is to be
performed twice and the successive outcomes are
independent, what is the probability that K will not
be an outcome either time?
(A) 0.36
(B) 0.40
(C) 0.60
(D) 0.64
(E) 0.80
BY-- AJAY KUMAR SINGH from DELHI
K. The probabilities of the outcomes are 0.25, 0.35,
and 0.40, respectively. If the experiment is to be
performed twice and the successive outcomes are
independent, what is the probability that K will not
be an outcome either time?
(A) 0.36
(B) 0.40
(C) 0.60
(D) 0.64
(E) 0.80
BY-- AJAY KUMAR SINGH from DELHI
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
A certain jar contains 100 jelly beans: 50 white, 30
green, 10 yellow, 5 red, 4 purple, and 1 black. If a
jelly bean is to be chosen at random, what is the
probability that the jelly bean will be neither purple
nor red?
(A) 0.09
(B) 0.11
(C) 0.55
(D) 0.91
(E) 0.96
BY--- KANGANA JAIN from JAIPUR
green, 10 yellow, 5 red, 4 purple, and 1 black. If a
jelly bean is to be chosen at random, what is the
probability that the jelly bean will be neither purple
nor red?
(A) 0.09
(B) 0.11
(C) 0.55
(D) 0.91
(E) 0.96
BY--- KANGANA JAIN from JAIPUR
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
The average (arithmetic mean) of 3 numbers is 37.5.
COLUMN A--The sum of the 3 numbers
COLUMN B--100
COLUMN A--The sum of the 3 numbers
COLUMN B--100
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
MORIBUND:
(A) fully extended
(B) automatically controlled
(C) loosely connected
(D) completely dispersed
(E) increasingly vital
(A) fully extended
(B) automatically controlled
(C) loosely connected
(D) completely dispersed
(E) increasingly vital
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
INAUGURATION: OFFICIAL::
(A) instruction: lecturer
(B) election: politician
(C) pilgrimage: devotee
(D) dispute: arbitrator
(E) matriculation: student
(A) instruction: lecturer
(B) election: politician
(C) pilgrimage: devotee
(D) dispute: arbitrator
(E) matriculation: student
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
It is assumed that scientists will avoid making ----
claims about the results of their experiments because
of the likelihood that they will be exposed when
other researchers cannot ---- their findings.
(A) hypothetical.. evaluate
(B) fraudulent.. duplicate
(C) verifiable.. contradict
(D) radical.. contest
(E) extravagant.. dispute
claims about the results of their experiments because
of the likelihood that they will be exposed when
other researchers cannot ---- their findings.
(A) hypothetical.. evaluate
(B) fraudulent.. duplicate
(C) verifiable.. contradict
(D) radical.. contest
(E) extravagant.. dispute
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
In the rectangular coordinate plane, point A has
coordinates (-4, 0), point B has coordinates (0, 4),
point C has coordinates (4, 0), and point D has
coordinates (0, -4). What is the area of quadrilateral
ABCD?
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 32
(E) 64
coordinates (-4, 0), point B has coordinates (0, 4),
point C has coordinates (4, 0), and point D has
coordinates (0, -4). What is the area of quadrilateral
ABCD?
(A) 8
(B) 16
(C) 24
(D) 32
(E) 64
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
Three salespeople are paid commissions in
proportion to the amount of their sales, which total
$25, 000, $40, 000, and $60, 000, respectively. If a
total of $20, 000 is allocated for these three
commissions, what is the amount of the largest
commission paid?
(A) $8, 000
(B) $8, 400
(C) $9, 600
(D) $10, 000
(E) $12, 000
proportion to the amount of their sales, which total
$25, 000, $40, 000, and $60, 000, respectively. If a
total of $20, 000 is allocated for these three
commissions, what is the amount of the largest
commission paid?
(A) $8, 000
(B) $8, 400
(C) $9, 600
(D) $10, 000
(E) $12, 000
Friday, June 15, 2007
QUESTION ON DEMAND
The cost, is dollars, for and appliance repair at a certain
company is 1.2p + 20h, where p is the wholesale price of
the parts, in dollars, and h is the number of hours it takes
to repair the appliance. What is the cost of repairing an
appliance if the wholesale price of the parts is $15 and it
takes 2 hours to repair it?
(A) $12
(B) $18
(C) $20
(D) $40
(E) $58
BY---- SANDEEP from HYDERABAD
company is 1.2p + 20h, where p is the wholesale price of
the parts, in dollars, and h is the number of hours it takes
to repair the appliance. What is the cost of repairing an
appliance if the wholesale price of the parts is $15 and it
takes 2 hours to repair it?
(A) $12
(B) $18
(C) $20
(D) $40
(E) $58
BY---- SANDEEP from HYDERABAD
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
CIRCUITY
(A) straightforwardness
(B) inventiveness
(C) authenticity
(D) insightfulness
(E) practicality
(A) straightforwardness
(B) inventiveness
(C) authenticity
(D) insightfulness
(E) practicality
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
GRACEFUL: MOVEMENT::
(A) euphonious: sound
(B) forbidding: countenance
(C) ephemeral: duration
(D) melodramatic: emotion
(E) vibrant: color
(A) euphonious: sound
(B) forbidding: countenance
(C) ephemeral: duration
(D) melodramatic: emotion
(E) vibrant: color
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
The President reached a decision only after lengthy
------, painstakingly weighing the ----opinions
expressed by cabinet members.
(A) deliberation.. divergent
(B) confrontation.. unanimous
(C) relegation.. consistent
(D) speculation.. conciliatory
(E) canvassing.. arbitrary
------, painstakingly weighing the ----opinions
expressed by cabinet members.
(A) deliberation.. divergent
(B) confrontation.. unanimous
(C) relegation.. consistent
(D) speculation.. conciliatory
(E) canvassing.. arbitrary
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If 720 is the product of the consecutive integers
beginning with 2 and ending with n, what is the
value of n-1?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 11
(E) 23
beginning with 2 and ending with n, what is the
value of n-1?
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 11
(E) 23
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
Two beads are to be independently and randomly
selected, one from each of tw o bags. If
2/7 of the beads in one bag and
3/7 of the beads in the other
bag are yellow, what is the probability that both
beads selected will be yellow?
(A)2/3
(B)5/7
(C)6/7
(D)4/49
(E)6/49
selected, one from each of tw o bags. If
2/7 of the beads in one bag and
3/7 of the beads in the other
bag are yellow, what is the probability that both
beads selected will be yellow?
(A)2/3
(B)5/7
(C)6/7
(D)4/49
(E)6/49
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND (ANALOGY)
REFINERY: PETROLEUM::
(A) mill: grain
(B) mine: ore
(C) warehouse: merchandise
(D) generator: electricity
(E) forest: lumber
BY--- JAZZY from CHANDIGARH
(A) mill: grain
(B) mine: ore
(C) warehouse: merchandise
(D) generator: electricity
(E) forest: lumber
BY--- JAZZY from CHANDIGARH
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND (ANTONYM)
LUGUBRIOUSNESS:
(A) orderliness
(B) shallowness
(C) believability
(D) cheerfulness
(E) dedication
BY--- MOHAN SHARMA from MEERUT
(A) orderliness
(B) shallowness
(C) believability
(D) cheerfulness
(E) dedication
BY--- MOHAN SHARMA from MEERUT
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
A rectangular field is 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. If
a square field has, the same perimeter as the rectangular
field, what is the length, in feet, of each side of the square
field?
(A) 175
(B) 350
(C) 282.84
(D) 494.97
(E) 173.2
a square field has, the same perimeter as the rectangular
field, what is the length, in feet, of each side of the square
field?
(A) 175
(B) 350
(C) 282.84
(D) 494.97
(E) 173.2
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
When it was found that 150 more tickets for the
school play were sold than the seating capacity of
the auditorium. It was decided to have two
performances. if the total number of tickets sold was
equal to the total number who attended and if the
auditorium was 2/3 full for each of the two
performances, what is the seating capacity of the
auditorium?
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 225
(D) 300
(E) 450
BY--- DEEPTI CHABBRA from NEW DELHI
school play were sold than the seating capacity of
the auditorium. It was decided to have two
performances. if the total number of tickets sold was
equal to the total number who attended and if the
auditorium was 2/3 full for each of the two
performances, what is the seating capacity of the
auditorium?
(A) 100
(B) 200
(C) 225
(D) 300
(E) 450
BY--- DEEPTI CHABBRA from NEW DELHI
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
If a certain automobile gets between 20 and 24 miles
per gallon of gasoline, inclusive, what would be the
maximum amount of gasoline, in gallons, this
automobile would consume on a trip of 360 miles?
(A) 20.0
(B) 18.0
(C) 16.4
(D) 16.0
(E) 15.0
BY---- NIKITA JOSHI from JAIPUR
per gallon of gasoline, inclusive, what would be the
maximum amount of gasoline, in gallons, this
automobile would consume on a trip of 360 miles?
(A) 20.0
(B) 18.0
(C) 16.4
(D) 16.0
(E) 15.0
BY---- NIKITA JOSHI from JAIPUR
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
BELLICOSE:
(A) enervated
(B) disloyal
(C) honest
(D) likely to be generous
(E) inclined to make peace
(A) enervated
(B) disloyal
(C) honest
(D) likely to be generous
(E) inclined to make peace
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
SLACKEN: TENSION::
(A) rarefy: expansion
(B) blunt: sharpness
(C) obscure: cloudiness
(D) quicken: animation
(E) oscillate: rotation
(A) rarefy: expansion
(B) blunt: sharpness
(C) obscure: cloudiness
(D) quicken: animation
(E) oscillate: rotation
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Some activists believe that because the health-care
system has become increasingly---- to those it
serves, individuals must ---- bureaucratic impediments
in order to develop and promote new therapies.
(A) attuned.. avoid
(B) inimical.. utilize
(C) unresponsive ..circumvent
(D) indifferent.. supplement
(E) sensitized.. forsake
system has become increasingly---- to those it
serves, individuals must ---- bureaucratic impediments
in order to develop and promote new therapies.
(A) attuned.. avoid
(B) inimical.. utilize
(C) unresponsive ..circumvent
(D) indifferent.. supplement
(E) sensitized.. forsake
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
How many integers from 3 to 30, inclusive, are odd?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 17
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 17
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
Mr. Gifford wishes to put 372 eggs into cartons that
can hold 12 eggs each. If he has 50 empty cartons
and completely fills as many of them as possible
with the 327 eggs, how many of the cartons will
remain empty?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 19
(D) 28
(E) 31
can hold 12 eggs each. If he has 50 empty cartons
and completely fills as many of them as possible
with the 327 eggs, how many of the cartons will
remain empty?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 19
(D) 28
(E) 31
Monday, June 11, 2007
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
In a series of races, 10 toy cars are raced, 2 cars at
a time. If each car must race each of the other cars
exactly twice, how many races must be held?
(A) 40
(B) 90
(C) 100
(D) 180
(E) 200
BY-- SRIDHAR S from MANGALORE
a time. If each car must race each of the other cars
exactly twice, how many races must be held?
(A) 40
(B) 90
(C) 100
(D) 180
(E) 200
BY-- SRIDHAR S from MANGALORE
GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND
QUARANTINE: CONTAGION::
(A) blockage: obstacle
(B) strike: concession
(C) embargo: commerce
(D) vaccination: inoculation
(E) prison: reform
BY--- SANJANA MATHUR from LUCKNOW
(A) blockage: obstacle
(B) strike: concession
(C) embargo: commerce
(D) vaccination: inoculation
(E) prison: reform
BY--- SANJANA MATHUR from LUCKNOW
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
Integer n will be randomly selected from the
integers 1 to 13, inclusive.
COLUMN A---The probability that n will be even
COLUMN B---The probability that n will be odd
integers 1 to 13, inclusive.
COLUMN A---The probability that n will be even
COLUMN B---The probability that n will be odd
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A health food store prepares a breakfast food that
consists of oats, raisins, and nuts mixed in the ratio
9:2:1, respectively, by weight. If the nuts in the
mixture weigh 9.2 pounds, how many pounds does the
total mixture weigh?
(A) 82.2
(B) 92.2
(C) 101. 2
(D) 110.4
(E) 165.6
consists of oats, raisins, and nuts mixed in the ratio
9:2:1, respectively, by weight. If the nuts in the
mixture weigh 9.2 pounds, how many pounds does the
total mixture weigh?
(A) 82.2
(B) 92.2
(C) 101. 2
(D) 110.4
(E) 165.6
GRE ANALOGY OF THE DAY
TRIPOD: CAMERA::
(A) scaffolding: ceiling
(B) prop: set
(C) easel: canvas
(D) projector: film
(E) frame: photograph
(A) scaffolding: ceiling
(B) prop: set
(C) easel: canvas
(D) projector: film
(E) frame: photograph
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent
Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually
producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a
day.
(A) jaded.. feckless
(B) verbose.. ascetic
(C) vain.. humble
(D) impulsive.. disciplined
(E) self-assured.. sanguine
Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually
producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a
day.
(A) jaded.. feckless
(B) verbose.. ascetic
(C) vain.. humble
(D) impulsive.. disciplined
(E) self-assured.. sanguine
Friday, June 8, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
One theory about intelligence sees ---- as the
logical structure underlying thinking and insists that
since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.
(A) behavior.. inactive
(B) instinct.. cooperative
(C) heredity.. thoughtful
(D) adaptation.. brutal
(E) language.. mindless
logical structure underlying thinking and insists that
since animals are mute, they must be ---- as well.
(A) behavior.. inactive
(B) instinct.. cooperative
(C) heredity.. thoughtful
(D) adaptation.. brutal
(E) language.. mindless
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
DRAW: DOODLE::
(A) talk: whisper
(B) travel: ramble
(C) run: walk
(D) calculate: add
(E) eat: gobble
(A) talk: whisper
(B) travel: ramble
(C) run: walk
(D) calculate: add
(E) eat: gobble
ANTONYM OF THE DAY
FORBEARANCE:
(A) fragility
(B) impatience
(C) freedom
(D) nervousness
(E) tactlessness
(A) fragility
(B) impatience
(C) freedom
(D) nervousness
(E) tactlessness
GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
A rectangular solid has a square base and altitude
of 7. If the volume of the solid is 252, then the
perimeter of the square base is
(A) 9
(B) 24
(C) 28
(D) 36
(E) 49
of 7. If the volume of the solid is 252, then the
perimeter of the square base is
(A) 9
(B) 24
(C) 28
(D) 36
(E) 49
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
What is the cost, in cents, of using a certain fax
machine to send n pages of a report if the total cost
for sending the first k pagers is r cents and the cost
for sending each additional page is s cents?
(Assume that n > k.)
(A) r + s (n - k)
(B) r + s (n + k)
(C) rs(n + k)
(D) kr + s(n - k)
(E) kr + ns
machine to send n pages of a report if the total cost
for sending the first k pagers is r cents and the cost
for sending each additional page is s cents?
(Assume that n > k.)
(A) r + s (n - k)
(B) r + s (n + k)
(C) rs(n + k)
(D) kr + s(n - k)
(E) kr + ns
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
GRE READING PASSAGE OF THE WEEK
At the heart of the enormous boom in wine consumption that has taken place in the English-speaking world
over the last two decades or so is a fascinating, happy paradox. In the days when wine was exclusively the
preserve of a narrow cultural elite, bought either at auctions or from gentleman wine merchants in wing
collars and bow-ties, to be stored in rambling cellars and decanted to order by one's butler, the ordinary
drinker didn't get a look-in. Wine was considered a highly technical subject, in which anybody without the
necessary ability could only fall flat on his or her face in embarrassment. It wasn't just that you needed a refined aesthetic sensibility for the stuff if it wasn't to be hopelessly wasted on you. It required an intimate
knowledge of what came from where, and what it was supposed to taste like.
Those were times, however, when wine appreciation essentially meant a familiarity with the great French
classics, with perhaps a smattering of other wines—like sherry and port. That was what the wine trade dealt
in. These days, wine is bought daily in supermarkets and high-street chains to be consumed that evening,
hardly anybody has a cellar to store it in and most don't even possess a decanter. Above all, the wines of
literally dozens of countries are available on our market. When a supermarket offers its customers a couple
of fruity little numbers from Brazil, we scarcely raise an eyebrow.
It seems, in other words, that the commercial jungle that wine has now become has not in the slightest
deterred people from plunging adventurously into the thickets in order to taste and see. Consumers are no
longer intimidated by the thought of needing to know their Pouilly-Fume from their Pouilly-Fuisse, just at
the very moment when there is more to know than ever before.
The reason for this new mood of confidence is not hard to find. It is on every wine label from Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and the United States: the name of the grape from which the wine is made. At
one time that might have sounded like a fairly technical approach in itself. Why should native Englishspeakers
know what Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay were? The answer lies in the popularity that wines
made from those grape varieties now enjoy. Consumers effectively recognize them as brand names, and
have acquired a basic lexicon of wine that can serve them even when confronted with those Brazilian
upstarts.
In the wine heartlands of France, they are scared to death of that trend—not because they think their wine
isn't as good as the best from California or South Australia (what French winemaker will ever admit that?)
but because they don't traditionally call their wines Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. They call them
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou or Corton-Charlemagne, and they aren't about to change. Some areas, in the
middle of southern France, have now produced a generation of growers using the varietal names on their
labels and are tempting consumers back to French wine. It will be an uphill struggle, but there is probably
no other way if France is to avoid simply becoming a specialty source of old-fashioned wines for oldfashioned
connoisseurs.
Wine consumption was also given a significant boost in the early 1990s by the work of Dr. Serge Renaud,
who has spent many years investigating the reasons for the uncannily low incidence of coronary heart
disease in the south of France. One of his major findings is that the fat-derived cholesterol that builds up in
the arteries and can eventually lead to heart trouble, can be dispersed by the tannins in wine. Tannin is
derived from the skins of grapes, and is therefore present in higher levels in red wines, because they have to
be infused with their skins to attain the red colour. That news caused a huge upsurge in red wine
consumption in the United States. It has not been accorded the prominence it deserves in the UK, largely
because the medical profession still sees all alcohol as a menace to health, and is constantly calling for it to
be made prohibitively expensive. Certainly, the manufacturers of anticoagulant drugs might have
something to lose if we all got the message that we would do just as well by our hearts by taking half a
bottle of red wine every day!
1. Which one of the following CANNOT be reasonably attributed to the labelling strategy followed
by wine producers in English-speaking countries?
[1] Consumers buy wines on the basis of their familiarity with a grape variety's name.
[2] Even ordinary customers now have more access to technical knowledge about wine.
[3] Consumers are able to appreciate better quality wines.
[4] Some non-English speaking countries like Brazil indicate grape variety names on their labels.
2. The tone that the author uses while asking "What French winemaker will ever admit that?" is best
described as
[1] caustic. [2] satirical. [3] critical. [4] hypocritical.
3. What according to the author should the French do to avoid becoming a producer of merely oldfashioned
wines?
[1] Follow the labelling strategy of the English-speaking countries.
[2] Give their wines English names.
[3] Introduce fruity wines as Brazil has done.
[4] Produce the wines that have become popular in the English-speaking world.
4. Which one of the following, if true, would provide most support for Dr. Renaud's findings about
the effect of tannins?
[1] A survey showed that film celebrities based in France have a low incidence of coronary heart
disease.
[2] Measurements carried out in southern France showed red wine drinkers had significantly
higher levels of coronary heart incidence than white wine drinkers did.
[3] Data showed a positive association between sales of red wine and incidence of coronary heart
disease.
[4] Long-term surveys in southern France showed that the incidence of coronary heart disease was
significantly lower in red wine drinkers than in those who did not drink red wine.
5. The development which has created fear among winemakers in the wine heartlands of France is
the
[1] tendency not to name wines after the grape varieties that are used in the wines.
[2] 'education' that consumers have derived from wine labels from English-speaking countries.
[3] new generation of local winegrowers who use labels that show names of grape varieties.
[4] ability of consumers to understand a wine's qualities when confronted with "Brazilian
upstarts".
over the last two decades or so is a fascinating, happy paradox. In the days when wine was exclusively the
preserve of a narrow cultural elite, bought either at auctions or from gentleman wine merchants in wing
collars and bow-ties, to be stored in rambling cellars and decanted to order by one's butler, the ordinary
drinker didn't get a look-in. Wine was considered a highly technical subject, in which anybody without the
necessary ability could only fall flat on his or her face in embarrassment. It wasn't just that you needed a refined aesthetic sensibility for the stuff if it wasn't to be hopelessly wasted on you. It required an intimate
knowledge of what came from where, and what it was supposed to taste like.
Those were times, however, when wine appreciation essentially meant a familiarity with the great French
classics, with perhaps a smattering of other wines—like sherry and port. That was what the wine trade dealt
in. These days, wine is bought daily in supermarkets and high-street chains to be consumed that evening,
hardly anybody has a cellar to store it in and most don't even possess a decanter. Above all, the wines of
literally dozens of countries are available on our market. When a supermarket offers its customers a couple
of fruity little numbers from Brazil, we scarcely raise an eyebrow.
It seems, in other words, that the commercial jungle that wine has now become has not in the slightest
deterred people from plunging adventurously into the thickets in order to taste and see. Consumers are no
longer intimidated by the thought of needing to know their Pouilly-Fume from their Pouilly-Fuisse, just at
the very moment when there is more to know than ever before.
The reason for this new mood of confidence is not hard to find. It is on every wine label from Australia,
New Zealand, South Africa and the United States: the name of the grape from which the wine is made. At
one time that might have sounded like a fairly technical approach in itself. Why should native Englishspeakers
know what Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay were? The answer lies in the popularity that wines
made from those grape varieties now enjoy. Consumers effectively recognize them as brand names, and
have acquired a basic lexicon of wine that can serve them even when confronted with those Brazilian
upstarts.
In the wine heartlands of France, they are scared to death of that trend—not because they think their wine
isn't as good as the best from California or South Australia (what French winemaker will ever admit that?)
but because they don't traditionally call their wines Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay. They call them
Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou or Corton-Charlemagne, and they aren't about to change. Some areas, in the
middle of southern France, have now produced a generation of growers using the varietal names on their
labels and are tempting consumers back to French wine. It will be an uphill struggle, but there is probably
no other way if France is to avoid simply becoming a specialty source of old-fashioned wines for oldfashioned
connoisseurs.
Wine consumption was also given a significant boost in the early 1990s by the work of Dr. Serge Renaud,
who has spent many years investigating the reasons for the uncannily low incidence of coronary heart
disease in the south of France. One of his major findings is that the fat-derived cholesterol that builds up in
the arteries and can eventually lead to heart trouble, can be dispersed by the tannins in wine. Tannin is
derived from the skins of grapes, and is therefore present in higher levels in red wines, because they have to
be infused with their skins to attain the red colour. That news caused a huge upsurge in red wine
consumption in the United States. It has not been accorded the prominence it deserves in the UK, largely
because the medical profession still sees all alcohol as a menace to health, and is constantly calling for it to
be made prohibitively expensive. Certainly, the manufacturers of anticoagulant drugs might have
something to lose if we all got the message that we would do just as well by our hearts by taking half a
bottle of red wine every day!
1. Which one of the following CANNOT be reasonably attributed to the labelling strategy followed
by wine producers in English-speaking countries?
[1] Consumers buy wines on the basis of their familiarity with a grape variety's name.
[2] Even ordinary customers now have more access to technical knowledge about wine.
[3] Consumers are able to appreciate better quality wines.
[4] Some non-English speaking countries like Brazil indicate grape variety names on their labels.
2. The tone that the author uses while asking "What French winemaker will ever admit that?" is best
described as
[1] caustic. [2] satirical. [3] critical. [4] hypocritical.
3. What according to the author should the French do to avoid becoming a producer of merely oldfashioned
wines?
[1] Follow the labelling strategy of the English-speaking countries.
[2] Give their wines English names.
[3] Introduce fruity wines as Brazil has done.
[4] Produce the wines that have become popular in the English-speaking world.
4. Which one of the following, if true, would provide most support for Dr. Renaud's findings about
the effect of tannins?
[1] A survey showed that film celebrities based in France have a low incidence of coronary heart
disease.
[2] Measurements carried out in southern France showed red wine drinkers had significantly
higher levels of coronary heart incidence than white wine drinkers did.
[3] Data showed a positive association between sales of red wine and incidence of coronary heart
disease.
[4] Long-term surveys in southern France showed that the incidence of coronary heart disease was
significantly lower in red wine drinkers than in those who did not drink red wine.
5. The development which has created fear among winemakers in the wine heartlands of France is
the
[1] tendency not to name wines after the grape varieties that are used in the wines.
[2] 'education' that consumers have derived from wine labels from English-speaking countries.
[3] new generation of local winegrowers who use labels that show names of grape varieties.
[4] ability of consumers to understand a wine's qualities when confronted with "Brazilian
upstarts".
GRE ISSUE ESSAY OF THE WEEK
Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.
"In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field."
"In any field of endeavor, it is impossible to make a significant contribution without first being strongly influenced by past achievements within that field."
GRE GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
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 3
(C) 8
(D) 4(1 + 3)
(E) not enough information
long. If the least amount of paper is to be wasted, what is the width of the paper strip?
(A) 5
(B) 4+2 3
(C) 8
(D) 4(1 + 3)
(E) not enough information
GRE PROBABLITY QUESTION OF THE DAY
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
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
GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY
UNTOWARD:
(A) propitious
(B) improvident
(C) ominous
(D) narcissistic
(E) headlong
(A) propitious
(B) improvident
(C) ominous
(D) narcissistic
(E) headlong
GRE MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
After being marked down 20 percent, a calculator sells for $10. The original selling price was
(A) $20 (B) $12.5 (C) $12 (D) $9 (E) $7
(A) $20 (B) $12.5 (C) $12 (D) $9 (E) $7
GRE SENTENCE COMPLETION QUESTION OF THE DAY
By ________ celebrities from the sports,
entertainment, or business arenas, the show
narrates the stories of the ________ newsmakers
from all walks of life.
(A) displaying . . pedestrian
(B) profiling . . influential
(C) parading . . effective
(D) narrating . . dominating
(E) setting forth . . ordinary
entertainment, or business arenas, the show
narrates the stories of the ________ newsmakers
from all walks of life.
(A) displaying . . pedestrian
(B) profiling . . influential
(C) parading . . effective
(D) narrating . . dominating
(E) setting forth . . ordinary
GRE ANALOGY QUESTION OF THE DAY
ETERNAL : EPHEMERAL ::
(A) equivocal : ambiguous
(B) hopeless : chance
(C) animated : blithe
(D) mysterious : perplexing
(E) foreign : familiar
(A) equivocal : ambiguous
(B) hopeless : chance
(C) animated : blithe
(D) mysterious : perplexing
(E) foreign : familiar
GRE ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
In sequence S, the 3rd term is 4, the 2nd term is three times the 1st, and the 3rd term is four
times the 2nd. What is the 1st term in sequence S?
(A) 0
(B)1/3
(C) 1
(D)3/2
(E) 4
times the 2nd. What is the 1st term in sequence S?
(A) 0
(B)1/3
(C) 1
(D)3/2
(E) 4
Saturday, June 2, 2007
DOUBT OF THE DAY
QUESTION---- 'C' is a circle, 'L' is a line and 'P' is a point on line 'L'. if C,L and P are in the same plane and P is inside C, how many points do C and L have in common?
ANSWER---- The answer is "2"..but i couldnt understand how it become "2"...can someone give me good explanation for it
ASKED BY-- KAPIL SHARDHA
ASKED BY-- KAPIL SHARDHA
BRAIN DRILL OF THE DAY
DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 3: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
Seven varsity basketball players (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The
players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated
at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so must be in the centre to
facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible.
1. Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?
[1] C [2] D [3] F [4] G
2. Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together?
[1] B&D [2] C&F [3] D&G [4] E & A
3. Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B?
[1] F&D [2] D&E [3] E&G [4] C & F
Seven varsity basketball players (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) are to be honoured at a special luncheon. The
players will be seated on the dais in a row. A and G have to leave the luncheon early and so must be seated
at the extreme right. B will receive the most valuable player's trophy and so must be in the centre to
facilitate presentation. C and D are bitter rivals and therefore must be seated as far apart as possible.
1. Which of the following cannot be seated at either end?
[1] C [2] D [3] F [4] G
2. Which of the following pairs cannot be seated together?
[1] B&D [2] C&F [3] D&G [4] E & A
3. Which of the following pairs cannot occupy the seats on either side of B?
[1] F&D [2] D&E [3] E&G [4] C & F
QUESTION ON DEMAND
Which of the following represents all solutions of the inequality x^2 < 2x?
(A) –1 < x < 1 (B) 0 < x < 2 (C) 1 < x < 3 (D) 2 < x < 4 (E) 4 < x < 6
ASKED BY .....SHEKHAR
(A) –1 < x < 1 (B) 0 < x < 2 (C) 1 < x < 3 (D) 2 < x < 4 (E) 4 < x < 6
ASKED BY .....SHEKHAR
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Behind their strange appearance and
________ for carrion, which has long
singled them out for fear and loathing,
hyenas present a ________ society in
which females dominate.
(A) longing . . contrastive
(B) penchant . . realistic
(C) proclivity . . virtual
(D) appetite . . matriarchal
(E) yearning . . monarchal
________ for carrion, which has long
singled them out for fear and loathing,
hyenas present a ________ society in
which females dominate.
(A) longing . . contrastive
(B) penchant . . realistic
(C) proclivity . . virtual
(D) appetite . . matriarchal
(E) yearning . . monarchal
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
INTUITIVE : CONSIDERED ::
(A) impromptu : planning
(B) laborious : safe
(C) ethereal : light
(D) random : sequential
(E) rational : certain
(A) impromptu : planning
(B) laborious : safe
(C) ethereal : light
(D) random : sequential
(E) rational : certain
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A particular carmaker sells four models of
cars, and each model comes with 5 options.
How many different types of cars does the
carmaker sell?
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 20
cars, and each model comes with 5 options.
How many different types of cars does the
carmaker sell?
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 20
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
The average of x, y, and z is 8 and the average
of y and z is 4. What is the value of x?
(A) 4
(B) 9
(C) 16
(D) 20
(E) 24
of y and z is 4. What is the value of x?
(A) 4
(B) 9
(C) 16
(D) 20
(E) 24
GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
A unit square is circumscribed about a
circle. If the circumference of the circle is
qπ, what is the value of q?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) π
(D) 2Ï€
(E) 5Ï€
circle. If the circumference of the circle is
qπ, what is the value of q?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) π
(D) 2Ï€
(E) 5Ï€
Monday, May 28, 2007
BRAIN DRILL OF THE DAY
The Head of a newly formed government desires to appoint five of the six elected members A, B, C, D,.E
and F to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets
one of the five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or
Telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.
1. Which is a valid assignment?
[1] A-Home, B-Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance.
[2] C-Home, D-Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.
[3] A-Home, B-Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance.
[4] B-Home, F-Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A -Finance.
2. If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment for Defence and
Telecom?
[1] D-Defence, B-Telecom. [2] F-Defence, B-Telecom.
[3] B-Defence, E-Telecom. [4] B-Defence, D-Telecom.
and F to portfolios of Home, Power, Defence, Telecom and Finance. F does not want any portfolio if D gets
one of the five. C wants either Home or Finance or no portfolio. B says that if D gets either Power or
Telecom then she must get the other one. E insists on a portfolio if A gets one.
1. Which is a valid assignment?
[1] A-Home, B-Power, C-Defence, D-Telecom, E-Finance.
[2] C-Home, D-Power, A-Defence, B-Telecom, E-Finance.
[3] A-Home, B-Power, E-Defence, D-Telecom, F-Finance.
[4] B-Home, F-Power, E-Defence, C-Telecom, A -Finance.
2. If A gets Home and C gets Finance, then which is NOT a valid assignment for Defence and
Telecom?
[1] D-Defence, B-Telecom. [2] F-Defence, B-Telecom.
[3] B-Defence, E-Telecom. [4] B-Defence, D-Telecom.
GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
A vertical tower OP stands at the center O of a square ABCD. Let h and b denote the length OP
and AB respectively. Suppose ? APB = 60DEGREE then the relationship between h and b can be
expressed as
[1] 2b^2 = h^2
[2] 2h^2 = b^2
[3] 3b^2 = 2h^2
[4] 3h^2 = 2b^2
and AB respectively. Suppose ? APB = 60DEGREE then the relationship between h and b can be
expressed as
[1] 2b^2 = h^2
[2] 2h^2 = b^2
[3] 3b^2 = 2h^2
[4] 3h^2 = 2b^2
ISSUE TOPIC OF THE DAY
Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.
"Government should never censor the artistic works or historical displays that a museum wishes to exhibit."
"Government should never censor the artistic works or historical displays that a museum wishes to exhibit."
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If x is an integer and y = –2x – 8, what is the least value of x for which y is less than 9?
(A) –9 (B) –8 (C) –7 (D) –6 (E) –5
(A) –9 (B) –8 (C) –7 (D) –6 (E) –5
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Behind their strange appearance and
________ for carrion, which has long
singled them out for fear and loathing,
hyenas present a ________ society in
which females dominate.
(A) longing . . contrastive
(B) penchant . . realistic
(C) proclivity . . virtual
(D) appetite . . matriarchal
(E) yearning . . monarchal
________ for carrion, which has long
singled them out for fear and loathing,
hyenas present a ________ society in
which females dominate.
(A) longing . . contrastive
(B) penchant . . realistic
(C) proclivity . . virtual
(D) appetite . . matriarchal
(E) yearning . . monarchal
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
LAMPOON : MOCK ::
(A) exalt : ennoble
(B) entice : disown
(C) prattle : talk
(D) entreat : controvert
(E) debate : heckle
(A) exalt : ennoble
(B) entice : disown
(C) prattle : talk
(D) entreat : controvert
(E) debate : heckle
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
In a small town, 16 people own Fords and 11 people own Toyotas. If exactly 15 people own only one
of the two types of cars, how many people own both types of cars.
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 12 (E) 14
of the two types of cars, how many people own both types of cars.
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 12 (E) 14
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Knowing Julian was overshadowed by
many other actors, she knew she was
indulging in a bit of _______ when she
wondered whether Julian was the greatest
living actor ever.
(A) irony
(B) overemphasis
(C) understatement
(D) hyperbole
(E) injustice
many other actors, she knew she was
indulging in a bit of _______ when she
wondered whether Julian was the greatest
living actor ever.
(A) irony
(B) overemphasis
(C) understatement
(D) hyperbole
(E) injustice
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
DILIGENT : ASSIDUOUS ::
(A) suspicious : reliable
(B) cautious : indecisive
(C) repentant : innocent
(D) peerless : common
(E) indigent : poor
(A) suspicious : reliable
(B) cautious : indecisive
(C) repentant : innocent
(D) peerless : common
(E) indigent : poor
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A rancher is constructing a fence by stringing wire between posts 20 feet apart. If the fence is 400
feet long, how many posts must the rancher use?
(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 22
feet long, how many posts must the rancher use?
(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 22
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
A two-digit even number is such that reversing its digits creates an odd number greater than the
original number. Which one of the following cannot be the first digit of the original number?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
original number. Which one of the following cannot be the first digit of the original number?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
Friday, May 18, 2007
QUESTION ON DEMAND
The cost c of an order of n special envelopes
is given by c= ($0.50)n + $ 15.00.
COLUMN A
The cost of an order of
500 special envelopes
COLUMN B
$260
CONTRIBUTED BY ---ARIHANT
is given by c= ($0.50)n + $ 15.00.
COLUMN A
The cost of an order of
500 special envelopes
COLUMN B
$260
CONTRIBUTED BY ---ARIHANT
ANTONYM OF THE DAY
HYPERBOLE:
(A) intimidation
(B) understatement
(C) unemphasized
(D) vacillation
(E) disagreement
(A) intimidation
(B) understatement
(C) unemphasized
(D) vacillation
(E) disagreement
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Their courage is only _______, and a small
show of strength is enough to call their
bluff.
(A) ostentation
(B) fortitude
(C) temperament
(D) exhibition
(E) bravado
show of strength is enough to call their
bluff.
(A) ostentation
(B) fortitude
(C) temperament
(D) exhibition
(E) bravado
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
ANATHEMA : CURSE ::
(A) hex : blessing
(B) admonition : censure
(C) incantation : discernment
(D) theory : calculation
(E) conjecture : truth
(A) hex : blessing
(B) admonition : censure
(C) incantation : discernment
(D) theory : calculation
(E) conjecture : truth
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
Speed bumps are being placed at 20 foot intervals along a road 1015 feet long. If the first
speed bump is placed at one end of the road, how many speed bumps are needed?
(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 51 (D) 52 (E) 53
speed bump is placed at one end of the road, how many speed bumps are needed?
(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 51 (D) 52 (E) 53
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If x and y are prime numbers such that x > y > 2, then x^2 − y^2 must be divisible by which one of the
following numbers?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 9
(E) 12
following numbers?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 9
(E) 12
GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
Ship X and ship Y are 5 miles apart and are on a collision course. Ship X is sailing directly north, and
ship Y is sailing directly east. If the point of impact is 1 mile closer to the current position of ship X
than to the current position of ship Y, how many miles away from the point of impact is ship Y at this
time?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
ship Y is sailing directly east. If the point of impact is 1 mile closer to the current position of ship X
than to the current position of ship Y, how many miles away from the point of impact is ship Y at this
time?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Life, as the film demonstrates, is too complex
for _______ endings.
(A) facile
(B) intricate
(C) straight
(D) occult
(E) recognizable
for _______ endings.
(A) facile
(B) intricate
(C) straight
(D) occult
(E) recognizable
ANALOGY QUESTION OF THE DAY
LOQUACIOUS : GARRULOUS ::
(A) harsh : kindly
(B) animate : weary
(C) gluttonous : disloyal
(D) rash : impetuous
(E) blithe : gloomy
(A) harsh : kindly
(B) animate : weary
(C) gluttonous : disloyal
(D) rash : impetuous
(E) blithe : gloomy
MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
In a legislative body of 200 people, the number of Democrats is 50 less than 4 times the
number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither Republican nor Democrat,
how many of the legislators are Republicans?
(A) 42 (B) 50 (C) 71 (D) 95 (E) 124
number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither Republican nor Democrat,
how many of the legislators are Republicans?
(A) 42 (B) 50 (C) 71 (D) 95 (E) 124
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
Let a, b, and c be three integers, and let a be a perfect square. If a/b = b/c, then which one of the
following statements must be true?
(A) c must be an even number
(B) c must be an odd number
(C) c must be a perfect square
(D) c must not be a perfect square
(E) c must be a prime number
following statements must be true?
(A) c must be an even number
(B) c must be an odd number
(C) c must be a perfect square
(D) c must not be a perfect square
(E) c must be a prime number
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
ISSUE ESSAY OF THE WEEK
Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views.
"College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than seek programs that promise entry into the job market."
"College students should be encouraged to pursue subjects that interest them rather than seek programs that promise entry into the job market."
BRAIN DRILL OF THE WEEK
A newsstand will display exactly one copy each of six
different magazines— M, O, P, S, T, and V— in a single
row on a rack. Each magazine will occupy exactly one of
the six positions, numbered consecutively 1 through 6.
The magazines must be displayed in accordance with the
following rules:
Either P or else T occupies position 1.
Either S or else T occupies position 6.
M and O, not necessarily in that order, occupy consecutively
numbered positions.
V and T, not necessarily in that order, occupy consecutively
numbered positions.
1.Which of the following is an order in which the six
magazines can be arranged, from position 1 through
position 6?
(A) M, O, P, S, V, T
(B) P, O, S, M, V, T
(C) P, V, T, O, M, S
(D) P, V, T, S, O, M
(E) T, P, V, M, O, S
2.If P occupies position 3, which of the following must
be true?
(A) M occupies position 4.
(B) O occupies position 2.
(C) S occupies position 5.
(D) T occupies position 6.
(E) V occupies position 2.
3.If O and T, not necessarily in that order, occupy
consecutively numbered positions, then T can be in
position
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6
4.Which of the following can be true?
(A) M occupies position 4 and P occupies position 5.
(B) P occupies position 4 and V occupies position 5.
(C) S occupies position 2 and P occupies position 3.
(D) P occupies position 2.
(E) S occupies position 5.
5. If V occupies position 4, then T must occupy the
position that is numbered exactly one lower than the
position occupied by
(A) M (B) O (C) P
(D) S (E) V
6.If S and V, not necessarily in that order, occupy
consecutively numbered positions, which of the
following must be true?
(A) M occupies position 4.
(B) O occupies position 2.
(C) P occupies position 1.
(D) S occupies position 6.
(E) T occupies position 6.
different magazines— M, O, P, S, T, and V— in a single
row on a rack. Each magazine will occupy exactly one of
the six positions, numbered consecutively 1 through 6.
The magazines must be displayed in accordance with the
following rules:
Either P or else T occupies position 1.
Either S or else T occupies position 6.
M and O, not necessarily in that order, occupy consecutively
numbered positions.
V and T, not necessarily in that order, occupy consecutively
numbered positions.
1.Which of the following is an order in which the six
magazines can be arranged, from position 1 through
position 6?
(A) M, O, P, S, V, T
(B) P, O, S, M, V, T
(C) P, V, T, O, M, S
(D) P, V, T, S, O, M
(E) T, P, V, M, O, S
2.If P occupies position 3, which of the following must
be true?
(A) M occupies position 4.
(B) O occupies position 2.
(C) S occupies position 5.
(D) T occupies position 6.
(E) V occupies position 2.
3.If O and T, not necessarily in that order, occupy
consecutively numbered positions, then T can be in
position
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6
4.Which of the following can be true?
(A) M occupies position 4 and P occupies position 5.
(B) P occupies position 4 and V occupies position 5.
(C) S occupies position 2 and P occupies position 3.
(D) P occupies position 2.
(E) S occupies position 5.
5. If V occupies position 4, then T must occupy the
position that is numbered exactly one lower than the
position occupied by
(A) M (B) O (C) P
(D) S (E) V
6.If S and V, not necessarily in that order, occupy
consecutively numbered positions, which of the
following must be true?
(A) M occupies position 4.
(B) O occupies position 2.
(C) P occupies position 1.
(D) S occupies position 6.
(E) T occupies position 6.
GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY
Three solid cubes of lead, each with edges 10
centimeters long, are melted together in a level,
rectangular -shaped pan. The base of the pan has inside
dimensions of 20 centimeters by 30 centimeters, and
the pan is 15 centimeters deep. If the volume of the
solid lead is approximately the same as the volume of
the molted lead, approximately how many centimeters
deep is the melted lead in the pan?
(A) 2.5
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7.5
(E) 9
centimeters long, are melted together in a level,
rectangular -shaped pan. The base of the pan has inside
dimensions of 20 centimeters by 30 centimeters, and
the pan is 15 centimeters deep. If the volume of the
solid lead is approximately the same as the volume of
the molted lead, approximately how many centimeters
deep is the melted lead in the pan?
(A) 2.5
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7.5
(E) 9
READING PASSAGE OF THE WEEK
Influenced by the view of some twentieth-century
feminists that women's position within the family is
one of the central factors determining women's social
position, some historians have underestimated the signi-
(5) ficance of the woman suffrage movement. These historians
contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less
radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the
moral reform movement or domestic feminism— two
nineteenth-century movements in which women strug-
(10)gled for more power and autonomy within the family.
True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians
have broadened the conventional view of nineteenthcentury
feminism, but they do a historical disservice to
suffragism. Nineteenth-century feminists and anti-
(15)feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for
enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's
protest, in part because suffragists were demanding
power that was not based on the institution of the
family, women's traditional sphere. When evaluating
(20)nineteenth-century feminism as a social force, contemporary
historians should consider the perceptions of
actual participants in the historical events.
1.The author asserts that the historians discussed in
the passage have
(A) influenced feminist theorists who concentrate on
the family
(B) honored the perceptions of the women who
participated in the women suffrage movement
(C) treated feminism as a social force rather than as
an intellectual tradition
(D) paid little attention to feminist movements
(E) expanded the conventional view of nineteenthcentury
feminism
2.The author of the passage asserts that some
twentieth-century feminists have influenced some
historians view of the
(A) significance of the woman suffrage movement
(B) importance to society of the family as an
institution
(C) degree to which feminism changed nineteenthcentury
society
(D) philosophical traditions on which contemporary
feminism is based
(E) public response to domestic feminism in the
nineteenth century
3.The author of the passage suggests that which of the
following was true of nineteenth-century feminists?
(A) Those who participated in the moral reform
movement were motivated primarily by a
desire to reconcile their private lives with their
public positions.
(B) Those who advocated domestic feminism,
although less visible than the suffragists, were
in some ways the more radical of the two
groups.
(C) Those who participated in the woman suffrage
movement sought social roles for women that
were not defined by women's familial roles.
(D) Those who advocated domestic feminism
regarded the gaining of more autonomy within
the family as a step toward more participation
in public life.
(E) Those who participated in the nineteenthcentury
moral reform movement stood midway
between the positions of domestic feminism
and suffragism.
4.The author implies that which of the following is
true of the historians discussed in the passage?
(A) They argue that nineteenth-century feminism
was not as significant a social force as
twentieth-century feminism has been.
(B) They rely too greatly on the perceptions of the
actual participants in the events they study.
(C)Their assessment of the relative success of
nineteenth-century domestic feminism does
not adequately take into account the effects of
antifeminist rhetoric.
(D)Their assessment of the significance of
nineteenth-century suffragism differs
considerably from that of nineteenth-century
feminists.
(E) They devote too much attention to nineteenthcentury
suffragism at the expense of more
radical movements that emerged shortly after
the turn of the century.
feminists that women's position within the family is
one of the central factors determining women's social
position, some historians have underestimated the signi-
(5) ficance of the woman suffrage movement. These historians
contend that nineteenth-century suffragism was less
radical and, hence, less important than, for example, the
moral reform movement or domestic feminism— two
nineteenth-century movements in which women strug-
(10)gled for more power and autonomy within the family.
True, by emphasizing these struggles, such historians
have broadened the conventional view of nineteenthcentury
feminism, but they do a historical disservice to
suffragism. Nineteenth-century feminists and anti-
(15)feminist alike perceived the suffragists' demand for
enfranchisement as the most radical element in women's
protest, in part because suffragists were demanding
power that was not based on the institution of the
family, women's traditional sphere. When evaluating
(20)nineteenth-century feminism as a social force, contemporary
historians should consider the perceptions of
actual participants in the historical events.
1.The author asserts that the historians discussed in
the passage have
(A) influenced feminist theorists who concentrate on
the family
(B) honored the perceptions of the women who
participated in the women suffrage movement
(C) treated feminism as a social force rather than as
an intellectual tradition
(D) paid little attention to feminist movements
(E) expanded the conventional view of nineteenthcentury
feminism
2.The author of the passage asserts that some
twentieth-century feminists have influenced some
historians view of the
(A) significance of the woman suffrage movement
(B) importance to society of the family as an
institution
(C) degree to which feminism changed nineteenthcentury
society
(D) philosophical traditions on which contemporary
feminism is based
(E) public response to domestic feminism in the
nineteenth century
3.The author of the passage suggests that which of the
following was true of nineteenth-century feminists?
(A) Those who participated in the moral reform
movement were motivated primarily by a
desire to reconcile their private lives with their
public positions.
(B) Those who advocated domestic feminism,
although less visible than the suffragists, were
in some ways the more radical of the two
groups.
(C) Those who participated in the woman suffrage
movement sought social roles for women that
were not defined by women's familial roles.
(D) Those who advocated domestic feminism
regarded the gaining of more autonomy within
the family as a step toward more participation
in public life.
(E) Those who participated in the nineteenthcentury
moral reform movement stood midway
between the positions of domestic feminism
and suffragism.
4.The author implies that which of the following is
true of the historians discussed in the passage?
(A) They argue that nineteenth-century feminism
was not as significant a social force as
twentieth-century feminism has been.
(B) They rely too greatly on the perceptions of the
actual participants in the events they study.
(C)Their assessment of the relative success of
nineteenth-century domestic feminism does
not adequately take into account the effects of
antifeminist rhetoric.
(D)Their assessment of the significance of
nineteenth-century suffragism differs
considerably from that of nineteenth-century
feminists.
(E) They devote too much attention to nineteenthcentury
suffragism at the expense of more
radical movements that emerged shortly after
the turn of the century.
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Today, plastic has proved to be a _______
to the environment; the world over, steps
are being taken to ban the _______ and
non-recyclable material, which has silently
taken over our lives.
(A) boon . . ominous
(B) threat . . jeopardizing
(C) menace . . non-ecofriendly
(D) inauspicious . . disastrous
(E) perquisite . . deleterious
to the environment; the world over, steps
are being taken to ban the _______ and
non-recyclable material, which has silently
taken over our lives.
(A) boon . . ominous
(B) threat . . jeopardizing
(C) menace . . non-ecofriendly
(D) inauspicious . . disastrous
(E) perquisite . . deleterious
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
LEVEE : RIVER ::
(A) rampart : barrier
(B) cordon : throng
(C) broker : investment
(D) promontory : height
(E) string : guitar
(A) rampart : barrier
(B) cordon : throng
(C) broker : investment
(D) promontory : height
(E) string : guitar
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A drum contains 3 to 5 jars each of which contains 30 to 40 marbles. If 10 percent of the
marbles are flawed, what is the greatest possible number of flawed marbles in the drum?
(A) 51
(B) 40
(C) 30
(D) 20
(E) 12
marbles are flawed, what is the greatest possible number of flawed marbles in the drum?
(A) 51
(B) 40
(C) 30
(D) 20
(E) 12
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
Let x be a two-digit number. If the sum of the digits of x is 9, then the sum of the digits of the number
(x + 10) is
(A) 1
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) either 8 or 10
(E) either 1 or 10
(x + 10) is
(A) 1
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) either 8 or 10
(E) either 1 or 10
Sunday, May 6, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Suicide is the outcome of man’s difficulty
to _______ himself in society, so he does
not feel isolated.
(A) materialize
(B) isolate
(C) homogenize
(D) secure
(E) integrate
to _______ himself in society, so he does
not feel isolated.
(A) materialize
(B) isolate
(C) homogenize
(D) secure
(E) integrate
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
DISSONANCE : SOUND ::
(A) chaos : mixture
(B) forfeiture : harmony
(C) measure : monologue
(D) ramification : concealment
(E) cadence : music
(A) chaos : mixture
(B) forfeiture : harmony
(C) measure : monologue
(D) ramification : concealment
(E) cadence : music
MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
If in a certain school 20 students are taking math and 10 are taking history and 7 are taking
both, how many students are taking either math or history?
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 25 (E) 29
both, how many students are taking either math or history?
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 25 (E) 29
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
An odd number added to itself an odd number of times yields
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a positive number
(E) a perfect square
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a positive number
(E) a perfect square
Friday, May 4, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Some are born with a _______ to commit
suicide, whereas some commit suicide
because they are unable to bear _______
changes in their lives.
(A) sentiment . . inimical
(B) resolution. . adverse
(C) predisposition. . cataclysmic
(D) prognosis. . miserable
(E) prodigy. . abrupt
suicide, whereas some commit suicide
because they are unable to bear _______
changes in their lives.
(A) sentiment . . inimical
(B) resolution. . adverse
(C) predisposition. . cataclysmic
(D) prognosis. . miserable
(E) prodigy. . abrupt
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
HECTOR : EQUANIMITY ::
(A) quicken : cognition
(B) harass : contravention
(C) affirm : scruple
(D) deviate : itinerary
(E) maraud : locality
(A) quicken : cognition
(B) harass : contravention
(C) affirm : scruple
(D) deviate : itinerary
(E) maraud : locality
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A 30% discount reduces the price of a commodity by $90. If the discount is reduced to 20%, then the
price of the commodity will be
(A) $180 (B) $210 (C) $240 (D) $270 (E) $300
price of the commodity will be
(A) $180 (B) $210 (C) $240 (D) $270 (E) $300
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If the sum of three consecutive integers is odd, then the first and the last integers must be
(A) odd, even
(B) odd, odd
(C) even, odd
(D) even, even
(E) none of the above
(A) odd, even
(B) odd, odd
(C) even, odd
(D) even, even
(E) none of the above
Thursday, May 3, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
It is a situation with a hard, practical edge
which raises issues of life-threatening
_______ and therefore demands to be
addressed with cool, clear-headed _______.
(A) existence . . involvement
(B) incidents . . erudition
(C) evidence . . cognizance
(D) illustrations . . expedience
(E) immediacy . . pragmatism
which raises issues of life-threatening
_______ and therefore demands to be
addressed with cool, clear-headed _______.
(A) existence . . involvement
(B) incidents . . erudition
(C) evidence . . cognizance
(D) illustrations . . expedience
(E) immediacy . . pragmatism
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
RUSE : TRICK ::
(A) procrastination : delay
(B) conference : perpetuate
(C) hoax : murmur
(D) radiation : worship
(E) obliteration : embellish
(A) procrastination : delay
(B) conference : perpetuate
(C) hoax : murmur
(D) radiation : worship
(E) obliteration : embellish
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
In a class of 40 students, the number of students who passed the math exam is equal to half the
number of students who passed the science exam. Each student in the class passed at least one of the
two exams. If 5 students passed both exams, then the number of students who passed the math exam is
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 25
number of students who passed the science exam. Each student in the class passed at least one of the
two exams. If 5 students passed both exams, then the number of students who passed the math exam is
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 25
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If l, m, and n are positive integers such that l < m < n and n < 4, then m =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
Monday, April 30, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
We landed at the airport with _______
notions of the country as _______ country
where many parents are alleged to have
sold their children in exchange for food.
(A) paradoxical . . an abounding
(B) incongruous . . an opulent
(C) preconceived . . an impoverished
(D) unwarranted . . an impotent
(E) germane . . a prolific
notions of the country as _______ country
where many parents are alleged to have
sold their children in exchange for food.
(A) paradoxical . . an abounding
(B) incongruous . . an opulent
(C) preconceived . . an impoverished
(D) unwarranted . . an impotent
(E) germane . . a prolific
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
COMPLAIN : CARPING ::
(A) glorify : audacious
(B) gripe : justifiable
(C) eat : gluttonous
(D) scorn : solicitous
(E) deem : mulish
(A) glorify : audacious
(B) gripe : justifiable
(C) eat : gluttonous
(D) scorn : solicitous
(E) deem : mulish
MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
A train of length l, traveling at a constant velocity, passes a pole in t seconds. If the same train
traveling at the same velocity passes a platform in 3t seconds, then the length of the platform is
(A) 0.5l
(B) l
(C) 1.5l
(D) 2l
(E) 3l
traveling at the same velocity passes a platform in 3t seconds, then the length of the platform is
(A) 0.5l
(B) l
(C) 1.5l
(D) 2l
(E) 3l
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If two non-zero positive integers p and q are such that p = 4q and p < 8, then q =
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Sunday, April 29, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Located amidst the colossal green hills,
what might have otherwise been _______
airfield in _______ part of the North
assumed the overtones of the battlefield.
(A) an impressive . . an alien
(B) a blood-shattered . . an estranged
(C) a combatant . . a war torn
(D) a picturesque . . an exquisite
(E) a reposeful . . a hostile
what might have otherwise been _______
airfield in _______ part of the North
assumed the overtones of the battlefield.
(A) an impressive . . an alien
(B) a blood-shattered . . an estranged
(C) a combatant . . a war torn
(D) a picturesque . . an exquisite
(E) a reposeful . . a hostile
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
EXTRAVAGANT : FRUGAL ::
(A) fluctuating : miscellaneous
(B) irresolute : indecisive
(C) gratified : innocent
(D) vehement : stolid
(E) lavish : puerile
(A) fluctuating : miscellaneous
(B) irresolute : indecisive
(C) gratified : innocent
(D) vehement : stolid
(E) lavish : puerile
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
The age of B is half the sum of the ages of A and C. If B is 2 years younger than A and C is 32 years
old, then the age of B must be
(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 34
(E) 36
old, then the age of B must be
(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 34
(E) 36
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
If p and q are different prime numbers and pq/2 is also a prime number, then p + q is
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a negative number
(E) not a prime number
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a negative number
(E) not a prime number
Saturday, April 28, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
In spite of the _______ vista of the country
dismantled by war and its development
clogged by illiteracy, locals like to _______
their nationalism.
(A) sickening . . unveil
(B) diverse . . exhibit
(C) unruly . . curb
(D) picturesque . . conceal
(E) chaotic . . flaunt
dismantled by war and its development
clogged by illiteracy, locals like to _______
their nationalism.
(A) sickening . . unveil
(B) diverse . . exhibit
(C) unruly . . curb
(D) picturesque . . conceal
(E) chaotic . . flaunt
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
MODICUM : MASSIVE ::
(A) reticence : chivalrous
(B) contention : bulky
(C) rapture : disconsolate
(D) homage : assiduous
(E) apathy : mediocre
(A) reticence : chivalrous
(B) contention : bulky
(C) rapture : disconsolate
(D) homage : assiduous
(E) apathy : mediocre
MATH PROBL;EM OF THE DAY
The ages of three people are such that the age of one person is twice the age of the second person and
three times the age of the third person. If the sum of the ages of the three people is 33, then the age of
the youngest person is
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 11
(E) 18
three times the age of the third person. If the sum of the ages of the three people is 33, then the age of
the youngest person is
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 11
(E) 18
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
The sum of three consecutive positive integers must be divisible by which of the following?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
The general accused the senator of naiveté
for-------------- that air strikes alone could
stop the aggressors.
(A) advocating
(B) denying
(C) obfuscating
(D) mishandling
(E) disallowing
for-------------- that air strikes alone could
stop the aggressors.
(A) advocating
(B) denying
(C) obfuscating
(D) mishandling
(E) disallowing
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
LEVEE : RIVER ::
(A) rampart : barrier
(B) cordon : throng
(C) broker : investment
(D) promontory : height
(E) string : guitar
(A) rampart : barrier
(B) cordon : throng
(C) broker : investment
(D) promontory : height
(E) string : guitar
MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
In a small town, 16 people own Fords and 11 people own Toyotas. If exactly 15 people own only one
of the two types of cars, how many people own both types of cars.
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 12 (E) 14
of the two types of cars, how many people own both types of cars.
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 12 (E) 14
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
An odd number added to itself an odd number of times yields
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a positive number
(E) a perfect square
(A) an odd number
(B) an even number
(C) a prime number
(D) a positive number
(E) a perfect square
Friday, April 20, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Because a comprehensive------------ has yet
to be done on the effects of radiation from
computer monitors, we don’t even know
the amount of time the typical office
worker spends at a computer monitor.
(A) theory
(B) strategy
(C) solution
(D) illness
(E) study
to be done on the effects of radiation from
computer monitors, we don’t even know
the amount of time the typical office
worker spends at a computer monitor.
(A) theory
(B) strategy
(C) solution
(D) illness
(E) study
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
PECCADILLO : FLAW ::
(A) mediator : dispute
(B) grammar : error
(C) nick : score
(D) forensics : judiciary
(E) invasion : putsch
(A) mediator : dispute
(B) grammar : error
(C) nick : score
(D) forensics : judiciary
(E) invasion : putsch
MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY
A rancher is constructing a fence by stringing wire between posts 20 feet apart. If the fence is 400
feet long, how many posts must the rancher use?
(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 22
feet long, how many posts must the rancher use?
(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 22
Thursday, April 19, 2007
SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY
Though in acting circles he has a reputation
of being a consummate professional, at
times he can be quite --------------on the stage.
(A) stern
(B) efficient
(C) playful
(D) adept
(E) aloof
of being a consummate professional, at
times he can be quite --------------on the stage.
(A) stern
(B) efficient
(C) playful
(D) adept
(E) aloof
ANALOGY OF THE DAY
SURREPTITIOUS : STEALTH ::
(A) clandestine : openness
(B) guarded : effrontery
(C) bombastic : irreverence
(D) pernicious : bane
(E) impertinent : humility
(A) clandestine : openness
(B) guarded : effrontery
(C) bombastic : irreverence
(D) pernicious : bane
(E) impertinent : humility
MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY
A school has a total enrollment of 90 students. There are 30 students taking physics, 25 taking
English, and 13 taking both. What percentage of the students are taking either physics or English?
(A) 30% (B) 36% (C) 47% (D) 51% (E) 58%
English, and 13 taking both. What percentage of the students are taking either physics or English?
(A) 30% (B) 36% (C) 47% (D) 51% (E) 58%
ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY
Let x be a two-digit number. If the sum of the digits of x is 9, then the sum of the digits of the number
(x + 10) is
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) either 8 or 10 (E) either 1 or 10
(x + 10) is
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) either 8 or 10 (E) either 1 or 10
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
The condemnatory drivel of critics directed
toward Steven Spielberg’s latest film attests
to the fact that the pretentious critics have
lost sight of the purpose of movies: .---------
(A) to exalt
(B) to correct
(C) to mislead
(D) to convert
(E) to entertain
toward Steven Spielberg’s latest film attests
to the fact that the pretentious critics have
lost sight of the purpose of movies: .---------
(A) to exalt
(B) to correct
(C) to mislead
(D) to convert
(E) to entertain
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
ARISTOCRAT : LAND ::
(A) bureaucracy : enslavement
(B) monarchy : abnegation
(C) gentry : talent
(D) dignitary : rank
(E) junta : anarchy
(A) bureaucracy : enslavement
(B) monarchy : abnegation
(C) gentry : talent
(D) dignitary : rank
(E) junta : anarchy
"MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY"
A web press prints 5 pages every 2 seconds. At this rate, how many pages will the press print in 7
minutes?
(A) 350 (B) 540 (C) 700 (D) 950 (E) 1050
minutes?
(A) 350 (B) 540 (C) 700 (D) 950 (E) 1050
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
A number, when divided by 12, gives a remainder of 7. If the same number is divided by 6, then the
remainder must be
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
remainder must be
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Sunday, April 15, 2007
"READING PASSAGE OF THE WEEK"
In the United States the per capita costs of
schooling have risen almost as fast as the cost of
medical treatment. But increased treatment by both
doctors and teachers has shown steadily declining
results. Medical expenses concentrated on those
above forty-five have doubled several times over a
period of forty years with a resulting 3 percent
increase in the life expectancy of men. The
increase in educational expenditures has produced
even stranger results; otherwise President Nixon
could not have been moved this spring to promise
that every child shall soon have the “Right to
Read” before leaving school.
In the United States it would take eighty
billion dollars per year to provide what educators
regard as equal treatment for all in grammar and
high school. This is well over twice the $36 billion
now being spent. Independent cost projections
prepared at HEW and at the University of Florida
indicate that by 1974 the comparable figures will
be $107 billion as against the $45 billion now projected,
and these figures wholly omit the enormous
costs of what is called “higher education,” for
which demand is growing even faster. The United
States, which spent nearly eighty billion dollars in
1969 for “defense,” including its deployment in
Vietnam, is obviously too poor to provide equal
schooling. The President’s committee for the study
of school finance should ask not how to support or
how to trim such increasing costs, but how they can
be avoided.
Equal obligatory schooling must be recognized
as at least economically unfeasible. In Latin
America the amount of public money spent on each
graduate student is between 350 and 1,500 times
the amount spent on the median citizen (that is, the
citizen who holds the middle ground between the
poorest and the richest). In the United States the
discrepancy is smaller, but the discrimination is
keener. The richest parents, some 10 percent, can
afford private education for their children and help
them to benefit from foundation grants. But in
addition they obtain ten times the per capita
amount of public funds if this is compared with the
per capita expenditure made on the children of the
10 percent who are poorest. The principal reasons
for this are that rich children stay longer in school,
that a year in a university is disproportionately
more expensive than a year in high school, and that
most private universities depend—at least
indirectly—on tax-derived finances.
Obligatory schooling inevitably polarizes a
society; it also grades the nations of the world
according to an international caste system.
Countries are rated like castes whose educational
dignity is determined by the average years of
schooling of its citizens, a rating which is closely
related to per capita gross national product, and
much more painful.
1. Which one of the following best expresses the
main idea of the passage?
(A) The educational shortcomings of the
United States, in contrast to those of
Latin America, are merely the result of
poor allocation of available resources.
(B) Both education and medical care are
severely underfunded.
(C) Defense spending is sapping funds
which would be better spent in
education.
(D) Obligatory schooling must be scrapped
if the goal of educational equality is to
be realized.
(E) Obligatory education does not and
cannot provide equal education.
2. The author most likely would agree with which
one of the following solutions to the problems
presented by obligatory education?
(A) Education should not be obligatory at all.
(B) Education should not be obligatory for
those who cannot afford it.
(C) More money should be diverted to education
for the poorest.
(D) Countries should cooperate to establish
common minimal educational standards.
(E) Future spending should be capped.
3. According to the passage, education is like
health care in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
(A) It has reached a point of diminishing
returns, increased spending no longer
results in significant improvement.
(B) It has an inappropriate “more is better”
philosophy.
(C) It is unfairly distributed between rich and
poor.
(D) The amount of money being spent on
older students is increasing.
(E) Its cost has increased nearly as fast.
4. Why does the author consider the results from
increased educational expenditures to be “even
stranger” than those from increased medical
expenditures?
(A) The aging of the population should have
had an impact only on medical care, not
on education.
(B) The “Right to Read” should be a bare
minimum, not a Presidential ideal.
(C) Educational spending has shown even
poorer results than spending on health
care, despite greater increases.
(D) Education has become even more discriminatory
than health care.
(E) It inevitably polarizes society.
5. Which one of the following most accurately
characterizes the author’s attitude with respect
to obligatory schooling?
(A) qualified admiration
(B) critical
(C) neutral
(D) ambivalent
(E) resentful
6. By stating “In Latin America the amount of
public money spent on each graduate student is
between 350 and 1,500 times the amount spent
on the median citizen” and “In the United States
the discrepancy is smaller” the author implies
that
(A) equal education is possible in the United
States but not in Latin America.
(B) equal education for all at the graduate
level is an unrealistic ideal.
(C) educational spending is more efficient in
the United States.
(D) higher education is more expensive than
lower education both in Latin America
and in the United States, but more so in
Latin America.
(E) underfunding of lower education is a
world-wide problem.
TeamLRN
schooling have risen almost as fast as the cost of
medical treatment. But increased treatment by both
doctors and teachers has shown steadily declining
results. Medical expenses concentrated on those
above forty-five have doubled several times over a
period of forty years with a resulting 3 percent
increase in the life expectancy of men. The
increase in educational expenditures has produced
even stranger results; otherwise President Nixon
could not have been moved this spring to promise
that every child shall soon have the “Right to
Read” before leaving school.
In the United States it would take eighty
billion dollars per year to provide what educators
regard as equal treatment for all in grammar and
high school. This is well over twice the $36 billion
now being spent. Independent cost projections
prepared at HEW and at the University of Florida
indicate that by 1974 the comparable figures will
be $107 billion as against the $45 billion now projected,
and these figures wholly omit the enormous
costs of what is called “higher education,” for
which demand is growing even faster. The United
States, which spent nearly eighty billion dollars in
1969 for “defense,” including its deployment in
Vietnam, is obviously too poor to provide equal
schooling. The President’s committee for the study
of school finance should ask not how to support or
how to trim such increasing costs, but how they can
be avoided.
Equal obligatory schooling must be recognized
as at least economically unfeasible. In Latin
America the amount of public money spent on each
graduate student is between 350 and 1,500 times
the amount spent on the median citizen (that is, the
citizen who holds the middle ground between the
poorest and the richest). In the United States the
discrepancy is smaller, but the discrimination is
keener. The richest parents, some 10 percent, can
afford private education for their children and help
them to benefit from foundation grants. But in
addition they obtain ten times the per capita
amount of public funds if this is compared with the
per capita expenditure made on the children of the
10 percent who are poorest. The principal reasons
for this are that rich children stay longer in school,
that a year in a university is disproportionately
more expensive than a year in high school, and that
most private universities depend—at least
indirectly—on tax-derived finances.
Obligatory schooling inevitably polarizes a
society; it also grades the nations of the world
according to an international caste system.
Countries are rated like castes whose educational
dignity is determined by the average years of
schooling of its citizens, a rating which is closely
related to per capita gross national product, and
much more painful.
1. Which one of the following best expresses the
main idea of the passage?
(A) The educational shortcomings of the
United States, in contrast to those of
Latin America, are merely the result of
poor allocation of available resources.
(B) Both education and medical care are
severely underfunded.
(C) Defense spending is sapping funds
which would be better spent in
education.
(D) Obligatory schooling must be scrapped
if the goal of educational equality is to
be realized.
(E) Obligatory education does not and
cannot provide equal education.
2. The author most likely would agree with which
one of the following solutions to the problems
presented by obligatory education?
(A) Education should not be obligatory at all.
(B) Education should not be obligatory for
those who cannot afford it.
(C) More money should be diverted to education
for the poorest.
(D) Countries should cooperate to establish
common minimal educational standards.
(E) Future spending should be capped.
3. According to the passage, education is like
health care in all of the following ways
EXCEPT:
(A) It has reached a point of diminishing
returns, increased spending no longer
results in significant improvement.
(B) It has an inappropriate “more is better”
philosophy.
(C) It is unfairly distributed between rich and
poor.
(D) The amount of money being spent on
older students is increasing.
(E) Its cost has increased nearly as fast.
4. Why does the author consider the results from
increased educational expenditures to be “even
stranger” than those from increased medical
expenditures?
(A) The aging of the population should have
had an impact only on medical care, not
on education.
(B) The “Right to Read” should be a bare
minimum, not a Presidential ideal.
(C) Educational spending has shown even
poorer results than spending on health
care, despite greater increases.
(D) Education has become even more discriminatory
than health care.
(E) It inevitably polarizes society.
5. Which one of the following most accurately
characterizes the author’s attitude with respect
to obligatory schooling?
(A) qualified admiration
(B) critical
(C) neutral
(D) ambivalent
(E) resentful
6. By stating “In Latin America the amount of
public money spent on each graduate student is
between 350 and 1,500 times the amount spent
on the median citizen” and “In the United States
the discrepancy is smaller” the author implies
that
(A) equal education is possible in the United
States but not in Latin America.
(B) equal education for all at the graduate
level is an unrealistic ideal.
(C) educational spending is more efficient in
the United States.
(D) higher education is more expensive than
lower education both in Latin America
and in the United States, but more so in
Latin America.
(E) underfunding of lower education is a
world-wide problem.
TeamLRN
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
The judge openly associated with racist
organizations; nevertheless, he showed no------------
in his decisions during his career.
(A) favoritism
(B) benevolence
(C) openness
(D) prejudice
(E) altruism
organizations; nevertheless, he showed no------------
in his decisions during his career.
(A) favoritism
(B) benevolence
(C) openness
(D) prejudice
(E) altruism
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
SPEECH : FILIBUSTER ::
(A) race : marathon
(B) gift : breach
(C) statement : digression
(D) detour : path
(E) address : postage
(A) race : marathon
(B) gift : breach
(C) statement : digression
(D) detour : path
(E) address : postage
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
A school has a total enrollment of 150 students. There are 63 students taking French, 48 taking
chemistry, and 21 taking both. How many students are taking neither French nor chemistry?
(A) 60
(B) 65
(C) 71
(D) 75
(E) 97
chemistry, and 21 taking both. How many students are taking neither French nor chemistry?
(A) 60
(B) 65
(C) 71
(D) 75
(E) 97
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
Which one of the following could be the difference between two numbers both of which are divisible
by 2, 3 and 4?
(A) 71
(B) 72
(C) 73
(D) 74
(E) 75
by 2, 3 and 4?
(A) 71
(B) 72
(C) 73
(D) 74
(E) 75
GRE DOUBT- PLEASE HELP
Hello friends,
Please help me in shortlisting the universities:
Here goes my profile:
- GRE-1150
- Branch-Mechanical
- TOEFL-270
- Working experience-1.5 years in Tata Motors Research centre + 1 year experience in telecom industry as Asst Manager(R&D)
- Profile-Hybrid vehicle development
- Total Paper presentations:7
- Key presentations and prizes: 3 in IIT& IIT allied institutes, rest in NITs
- Prizes: 2 national prizes (1st prize)
- CGPA-3.2
- Seminars/workshops/ attended (in IITs):4
- Foreign language:1
- LOR: 2 IIT/IISc prof,1 college professors
- College: SGSITS Indore
- Universities shortlisted:
SURESHOT
1.clemson univeristy
2.Kettering university
3.Michigan tech
4. Wayne state university
MODERATE
5.San deogo state University
6.Iowa state university
7.University of tennesse
8.university at buffalo-Suny
9.University of colarado-Boulder
AIMBITIOUS:
10.North carolina state univesity
11.Ohio state university
12.Virginia Tech
13.Georgia Tech
14.TAMU
Please help me over the universities. I am applying for Spring08
Is my GRE score allright for "aimbitious universities" .or should I give my GRE again
Thanks in advance
Ritesh
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
"GEOMETRY QUESION OF THE DAY"
A square and a equilateral triangle have the same area.Which is greater?
Column A
perimeter of the square
Column B
perimeter of the triangle
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.
Column A
perimeter of the square
Column B
perimeter of the triangle
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.
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
The vigorous dispute over where to place a
comma in the Republican platform was
motivated not by any ___________ change
in meaning but by a desire not to show any
deference to the other side.
(A) specific
(B) discredited
(C) tarnished
(D) petulant
(E) infinite
comma in the Republican platform was
motivated not by any ___________ change
in meaning but by a desire not to show any
deference to the other side.
(A) specific
(B) discredited
(C) tarnished
(D) petulant
(E) infinite
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
FLAG : STRENGTH ::
(A) excite : activity
(B) demote : rank
(C) confide : modesty
(D) doff : malformation
(E) estrange : breach
(A) excite : activity
(B) demote : rank
(C) confide : modesty
(D) doff : malformation
(E) estrange : breach
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY'
The ages of three people are such that the age of one person is twice the age of the second person and
three times the age of the third person. If the sum of the ages of the three people is 33, then the age of
the youngest person is
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 11
(E) 18
three times the age of the third person. If the sum of the ages of the three people is 33, then the age of
the youngest person is
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 11
(E) 18
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
Let a, b, and c be three integers, and let a be a perfect square. If a/b = b/c, then which one of the
following statements must be true?
(A) c must be an even number
(B) c must be an odd number
(C) c must be a perfect square
(D) c must not be a perfect square
(E) c must be a prime number
following statements must be true?
(A) c must be an even number
(B) c must be an odd number
(C) c must be a perfect square
(D) c must not be a perfect square
(E) c must be a prime number
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
Despite its lofty goal—truth—many scholars
maintain that law as ___________ is a
highly regulated street fight.
(A) a dogma
(B) a study
(C) a profession
(D) a philosophy
(E) a lifestyle
maintain that law as ___________ is a
highly regulated street fight.
(A) a dogma
(B) a study
(C) a profession
(D) a philosophy
(E) a lifestyle
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
MALINGER : ILLNESS ::
(A) masquerade : identity
(B) flag : strength
(C) disguise : mask
(D) vacillate : influenza
(E) skulk : abatement
(A) masquerade : identity
(B) flag : strength
(C) disguise : mask
(D) vacillate : influenza
(E) skulk : abatement
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
The age of B is half the sum of the ages of A and C. If B is 2 years younger than A and C is 32 years
old, then the age of B must be
(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 34
(E) 36
old, then the age of B must be
(A) 28
(B) 30
(C) 32
(D) 34
(E) 36
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
A two-digit even number is such that reversing its digits creates an odd number greater than the
original number. Which one of the following cannot be the first digit of the original number?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
original number. Which one of the following cannot be the first digit of the original number?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
NEW GRE PATTERN CANCELLED
Princeton, N.J. (April 2, 2007) —
(sourse ets.org)
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ETS has cancelled plans to launch the revised Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®) General Test. The decision was made in consultation with the Executive Committee of the GRE Board.
While ETS and the Board remain committed to improving the test, on balance, GRE officials said they believe problems guaranteeing complete access to the new Internet-based test outweighed the benefits of immediately moving to the new format.
ETS originally planned to launch the revised GRE General Test worldwide in September. Instead, the company will continue to offer the test worldwide in its current computer-based, continuous testing format. Registrations in India, China and Japan, which had been closed, will be reopened in the near future to accommodate application deadlines. Likewise, registrations for the current GRE General Test will continue elsewhere.
"The decision to cancel the revised GRE General Test best serves the interests of test takers and the graduate institutions that use those scores to make admissions decisions," says David Payne, Executive Director of the GRE Program at ETS. "After much debate and evaluation, it became clear that the current format offers students more convenient and flexible opportunities to test when and where they choose, while still providing score users with valid predictors of test takers' preparedness for graduate school study."
The primary reason for cancelling the launch of the revised GRE General Test was test taker access. Plans called for the revised test to be delivered over the new worldwide network of 3,200 Internet-based testing centers. Despite the network's size, ETS officials did not believe that full access to the General Test for all students could be confidently assured.
"As the launch approached, ETS determined that, despite the aggressive development of our Internet-based testing network, we could not guarantee complete access to all students needing to take the exam" Payne explains. "While the graduate community supports, and in fact helped develop and pilot the revised GRE General Test, they have also stated that they are satisfied with the current GRE General Test, until such time as improvements can be gradually implemented. ETS is being responsive to their best interests."
ETS officials will work with the GRE Board to implement many of the planned test content improvements in the future without the access issues associated with changing to an entirely new test delivered over a brand new testing network.
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
The rules of engagement for United
Nations troops stationed in Bosnia prohibit
deadly force unless all ___________
actions have be exhausted.
(A) comparable
(B) menacing
(C) alternative
(D) augmented
(E) extraordinary
Nations troops stationed in Bosnia prohibit
deadly force unless all ___________
actions have be exhausted.
(A) comparable
(B) menacing
(C) alternative
(D) augmented
(E) extraordinary
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
PRONE : PREDESTINED ::
(A) genuine : sanctimonious
(B) sedate : flighty
(C) probable : doubtful
(D) noteworthy : celebrated
(E) developed : impotent
(A) genuine : sanctimonious
(B) sedate : flighty
(C) probable : doubtful
(D) noteworthy : celebrated
(E) developed : impotent
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
A train of length l, traveling at a constant velocity, passes a pole in t seconds. If the same train
traveling at the same velocity passes a platform in 3t seconds, then the length of the platform is
(A) 0.5l
(B) l
(C) 1.5l
(D) 2l
(E) 3l
traveling at the same velocity passes a platform in 3t seconds, then the length of the platform is
(A) 0.5l
(B) l
(C) 1.5l
(D) 2l
(E) 3l
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If the sum of two prime numbers x and y is odd, then the product of x and y must be divisible by
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 8
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 8
Saturday, March 31, 2007
NEW DELHI GRE TEST CENTRE CHANGED
Please find below the details of the new address of the test center:
Prometric Testing Pvt Ltd
C/o Mercury Solutions Limited
Lower Ground, SCO 21 & 22
(Next to ICICI Bank)
Sector-14
Gurgaon-122001
For any further assistance, you are requested to contact the Regional Registration Center, India at: Phone: 0124-4147700
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Friday, March 30, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
Although the buildings and streets of this
small beach town appear------------ , the
property values are quite------------- .
(A) expensive . . steep
(B) dilapidated . . high
(C) artistic . . pedestrian
(D) refurbished . . low
(E) quaint . . reasonable
small beach town appear------------ , the
property values are quite------------- .
(A) expensive . . steep
(B) dilapidated . . high
(C) artistic . . pedestrian
(D) refurbished . . low
(E) quaint . . reasonable
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
SMOKE : COMBUSTION ::
(A) muster : contingency
(B) certainty : apprehension
(C) cosmetics : appearance
(D) art : painting
(E) energy : nuclear fission
(A) muster : contingency
(B) certainty : apprehension
(C) cosmetics : appearance
(D) art : painting
(E) energy : nuclear fission
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
A 30% discount reduces the price of a commodity by $90. If the discount is reduced to 20%, then the
price of the commodity will be
(A) $180 (B) $210 (C) $240 (D) $270 (E) $300
price of the commodity will be
(A) $180 (B) $210 (C) $240 (D) $270 (E) $300
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If x, y, and z are consecutive integers in that order, which of the following must be true?
I. xy is even.
II. x – z is even.
III. xz is even.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only (E) I and III only
I. xy is even.
II. x – z is even.
III. xz is even.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and II only (E) I and III only
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
At 1 PM, Ship A leaves port traveling 15 mph. Three hours later, Ship B leaves the same port in the
same direction traveling 25 mph. At what time does Ship B pass Ship A?
(A) 8:30 PM (B) 8:35 PM (C) 9 PM (D) 9:15 PM (E) 9:30 PM
CONTRIBUTED BY :: YASHIKA
same direction traveling 25 mph. At what time does Ship B pass Ship A?
(A) 8:30 PM (B) 8:35 PM (C) 9 PM (D) 9:15 PM (E) 9:30 PM
CONTRIBUTED BY :: YASHIKA
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
FOIBLE : BASE ::
(A) benefit : disadvantageous
(B) inhumanity : insouciant
(C) tatters : worn
(D) retention : vexatious
(E) abandon : belligerent
COURTESY:: DIVYA
(A) benefit : disadvantageous
(B) inhumanity : insouciant
(C) tatters : worn
(D) retention : vexatious
(E) abandon : belligerent
COURTESY:: DIVYA
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
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
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
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
MISOGYNIST : WOMEN ::
(A) despot : citizens
(B) xenophobe : foreigners
(C) sentinel : scions
(D) patriarch : curmudgeons
(E) libertine : officers
(A) despot : citizens
(B) xenophobe : foreigners
(C) sentinel : scions
(D) patriarch : curmudgeons
(E) libertine : officers
"ANTONYM OF THE DAY"
VOLUMINOUS:
(A) obscure
(B) cantankerous
(C) unsubstantial
(D) tenacious
(E) opprobrious
(A) obscure
(B) cantankerous
(C) unsubstantial
(D) tenacious
(E) opprobrious
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
Richard leaves to visit his friend who lives 200 miles down Interstate 10. One hour later his friend
Steve leaves to visit Richard via Interstate 10. If Richard drives at 60 mph and Steve drives at
40 mph, how many miles will Steve have driven when they cross paths?
(A) 56 (B) 58 (C) 60 (D) 65 (E) 80
ASKED BY :: SUDHANSHU JAin
Steve leaves to visit Richard via Interstate 10. If Richard drives at 60 mph and Steve drives at
40 mph, how many miles will Steve have driven when they cross paths?
(A) 56 (B) 58 (C) 60 (D) 65 (E) 80
ASKED BY :: SUDHANSHU JAin
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
If the value of x quarters is equal to the value of x + 32 nickels, x =
(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 14 (D) 17 (E) 20
contributed by:; SUCHITRA
(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 14 (D) 17 (E) 20
contributed by:; SUCHITRA
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
Steve has $5.25 in nickels and dimes. If he has 15 more dimes than nickels, how many nickels does
he have?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 30 (E) 33
he have?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 30 (E) 33
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY'
If p divided by 9 leaves a remainder of 1, which of the following must be true?
I. p is even.
II. p is odd.
III. p = 3 ⋅ z + 1 for some integer z.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I and III only
I. p is even.
II. p is odd.
III. p = 3 ⋅ z + 1 for some integer z.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) I and III only
Monday, March 26, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
Ironically, the foreign affairs policies of
democracies are more likely to met with
protests than similar policies of totalitarian
regimes because a democracy is
___________ protest; whereas in a totalitarian
regime, no one is listening.
(A) impassive to
(B) indifferent to
(C) imperiled by
(D) sensitive to
(E) inured to
democracies are more likely to met with
protests than similar policies of totalitarian
regimes because a democracy is
___________ protest; whereas in a totalitarian
regime, no one is listening.
(A) impassive to
(B) indifferent to
(C) imperiled by
(D) sensitive to
(E) inured to
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
AROMATIC : SMELL ::
(A) debonair : grandeur
(B) tart : taste
(C) intimate : notification
(D) unctuous : antithesis
(E) unsavory : vision
(A) debonair : grandeur
(B) tart : taste
(C) intimate : notification
(D) unctuous : antithesis
(E) unsavory : vision
"ANTONYM OF THE DAY'
HYPOCRITICAL:
(A) forthright
(B) judicious
(C) circumspect
(D) puritanical
(E) unorthodox
(A) forthright
(B) judicious
(C) circumspect
(D) puritanical
(E) unorthodox
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
Two cars start at the same point and travel in opposite directions. If one car travels at 45 miles per
hour and the other at 60 miles per hour, how much time will pass before they are 210 miles apart?
(A) .5 hours
(B) 1 hour
(C) 1.5 hours
(D) 2 hours
(E) 2.5 hours
hour and the other at 60 miles per hour, how much time will pass before they are 210 miles apart?
(A) .5 hours
(B) 1 hour
(C) 1.5 hours
(D) 2 hours
(E) 2.5 hours
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
In the two-digit number x, both the sum and the difference of its digits is 4. What is the value of x?
(A) 13 (B) 31 (C) 40 (D) 48 (E) 59
(A) 13 (B) 31 (C) 40 (D) 48 (E) 59
Sunday, March 25, 2007
"ANTONYM OF THE DAY"
SEVERANCE:
(A) continuation
(B) dichotomy
(C) astringency
(D) disclosure
(E) remonstrance
(A) continuation
(B) dichotomy
(C) astringency
(D) disclosure
(E) remonstrance
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY'
Though a small man, J. Egar Hoover
appeared to be much larger behind his desk;
for, having skillfully designed his office, he
was ___________ by the perspective.
(A) augmented
(B) comforted
(C) apprehended
(D) lessened
(E) disconcerted
appeared to be much larger behind his desk;
for, having skillfully designed his office, he
was ___________ by the perspective.
(A) augmented
(B) comforted
(C) apprehended
(D) lessened
(E) disconcerted
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
SEDULOUS : INDUSTRIOUS ::
(A) axiomatic : perfidious
(B) heedless : irresolute
(C) contrite : culpable
(D) accustomed : patrician
(E) impecunious : destitute
(A) axiomatic : perfidious
(B) heedless : irresolute
(C) contrite : culpable
(D) accustomed : patrician
(E) impecunious : destitute
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
Two cars start at the same point and travel in opposite directions. If one car travels at 45 miles per
hour and the other at 60 miles per hour, how much time will pass before they are 210 miles apart?
(A) .5 hours (B) 1 hour (C) 1.5 hours (D) 2 hours (E) 2.5 hours
courtesy:: AAKASH BAJPAI
hour and the other at 60 miles per hour, how much time will pass before they are 210 miles apart?
(A) .5 hours (B) 1 hour (C) 1.5 hours (D) 2 hours (E) 2.5 hours
courtesy:: AAKASH BAJPAI
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
Tom is 10 years older than Carrie. However, 5 years ago Tom was twice as old as Carrie. How old is
Carrie?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 25
Carrie?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 25
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If x is both the cube and the square of an integer and x is between 2 and 200, what is the value of x?
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 125 (E) 169
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 64 (D) 125 (E) 169
Saturday, March 24, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
This argues well that Erikson exercised less
free will than Warner; for even though
Erikson was aware that he was misdirected,
he was still unable to ___________ free
will.
(A) defer
(B) facilitate
(C) proscribe
(D) prevent
(E) exert
free will than Warner; for even though
Erikson was aware that he was misdirected,
he was still unable to ___________ free
will.
(A) defer
(B) facilitate
(C) proscribe
(D) prevent
(E) exert
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
EPICUREAN : ASCETICISM ::
(A) protectorate : autonomy
(B) blackguard : onslaught
(C) bureaucrat : dubiety
(D) traitor : ignominy
(E) lush : hedonism
(A) protectorate : autonomy
(B) blackguard : onslaught
(C) bureaucrat : dubiety
(D) traitor : ignominy
(E) lush : hedonism
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
How many ounces of nuts costing 80 cents a pound must be mixed with nuts costing 60 cents a pound
to make a 10-ounce mixture costing 70 cents a pound?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 8
to make a 10-ounce mixture costing 70 cents a pound?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 8
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If 2 is the greatest number that will divide evenly into both x and y, what is the greatest number that
will divide evenly into both 5x and 5y?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
will divide evenly into both 5x and 5y?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
In a legislative body of 200 people, the number of Democrats is 50 less than 4 times the
number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither Republican nor Democrat,
how many of the legislators are Republicans?
(A) 42
(B) 50
(C) 71
(D) 95
(E) 124
courtesy: SANJANA
number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither Republican nor Democrat,
how many of the legislators are Republicans?
(A) 42
(B) 50
(C) 71
(D) 95
(E) 124
courtesy: SANJANA
"GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY"
Column A
The surface area of a
cone with radius 3
Column B
The surface area of a
cone with height 3
The surface area of a
cone with radius 3
Column B
The surface area of a
cone with height 3
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
Existentialism can be used to rationalize
evil: if one does not like the rules of society
and has no conscience, he may use existentialism
as a means of ___________ a set
of beliefs that are advantageous to him but
injurious to others.
(A) thwarting
(B) proving
(C) promoting
(D) justifying
(E) impugning
evil: if one does not like the rules of society
and has no conscience, he may use existentialism
as a means of ___________ a set
of beliefs that are advantageous to him but
injurious to others.
(A) thwarting
(B) proving
(C) promoting
(D) justifying
(E) impugning
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
PERPETUAL : EVANESCENT ::
(A) irresolute : cryptic
(B) encouraging : venturesome
(C) blithe : disconsolate
(D) recondite : puzzling
(E) extrinsic : aberrant
(A) irresolute : cryptic
(B) encouraging : venturesome
(C) blithe : disconsolate
(D) recondite : puzzling
(E) extrinsic : aberrant
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
If Robert can assemble a model car in 30 minutes and Craig can assemble the same model car in 20
minutes, how long would it take them, working together, to assemble the model car?
(A) 12 minutes
(B) 13 minutes
(C) 14 minutes
(D) 15 minutes
(E) 16 minutes
minutes, how long would it take them, working together, to assemble the model car?
(A) 12 minutes
(B) 13 minutes
(C) 14 minutes
(D) 15 minutes
(E) 16 minutes
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If x and y are both prime and greater than 2, then which of the following CANNOT be a divisor of xy?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 11
(D) 15
(E) 17
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 11
(D) 15
(E) 17
Saturday, March 17, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
These categories amply point out the
fundamental desire that people have to
express themselves and the cleverness they
display in that expression; who would have
believed that the drab, mundane DMV
would become the ___________ such
creativity?
(A) catalyst for
(B) inhibitor of
(C) disabler of
(D) referee of
(E) censor of
fundamental desire that people have to
express themselves and the cleverness they
display in that expression; who would have
believed that the drab, mundane DMV
would become the ___________ such
creativity?
(A) catalyst for
(B) inhibitor of
(C) disabler of
(D) referee of
(E) censor of
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
ARGOT : GROUP ::
(A) conundrum : sincerity
(B) convoy : impertinence
(C) discipline : impiety
(D) dialect : region
(E) momentum : rashness
(A) conundrum : sincerity
(B) convoy : impertinence
(C) discipline : impiety
(D) dialect : region
(E) momentum : rashness
"MATH PROBLEM OF THE DAY"
Steve bought some apples at a cost of $.60 each and some oranges at a cost of $.50 each. If he paid a
total of $4.10 for a total of 8 apples and oranges, how many apples did Steve buy?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 6
total of $4.10 for a total of 8 apples and oranges, how many apples did Steve buy?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 6
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
If x^2 is even, which of the following must
be true?
I. x is odd.
II. x is even.
III. x^3 is odd.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only
be true?
I. x is odd.
II. x is even.
III. x^3 is odd.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
GRE DOUBT--PLEASE HELP
I am about to give my GRE. I recently came to know that we have to select 4 universities(in order to submit our scores) on the day of the test...
I was unaware of this fact and now i am very confused. There's no time for me to do research on the various universities now. I had left that part for later time...
Now on the day of the exam since I have to select 4 Univs. i want to know from the other test takers what are their choises of Univs.
It would be very helpful for me if someone shares his/her thoughts..
I was unaware of this fact and now i am very confused. There's no time for me to do research on the various universities now. I had left that part for later time...
Now on the day of the exam since I have to select 4 Univs. i want to know from the other test takers what are their choises of Univs.
It would be very helpful for me if someone shares his/her thoughts..
I have 80% in my Btech, 80% in 10th, 84% in 12th , done 1 project outside regular academic structure with ibm, 1 paper published in national conference
Note: I am interested in Computer Science.
FROM-
NIKUNJ JETHI
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
What is the value 201st term of a sequence if
the first term of the sequence is 2 and each
successive term is 4 more the term immediately
preceding it?
(A) 798
(B) 800
(C) 802
(D) 804
(E) 806
contributed by DIVYA TOMAR
the first term of the sequence is 2 and each
successive term is 4 more the term immediately
preceding it?
(A) 798
(B) 800
(C) 802
(D) 804
(E) 806
contributed by DIVYA TOMAR
"GEOMETRY QUESTION OF THE DAY"
A unit square is circumscribed about a
circle. If the circumference of the circle is
qπ, what is the value of q?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) π
(D) 2Ï€
(E) 5Ï€
circle. If the circumference of the circle is
qπ, what is the value of q?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) π
(D) 2Ï€
(E) 5Ï€
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
Define the symbol * by the following equation:
x* = 1 – x, for all non-negative x. If
((1 − x)*)* =(1 − x)* , then x =
(A) 1/2
(B) 3/4
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 3
contributed by SUDHANSHU JAIN
x* = 1 – x, for all non-negative x. If
((1 − x)*)* =(1 − x)* , then x =
(A) 1/2
(B) 3/4
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 3
contributed by SUDHANSHU JAIN
"QUESTION ON DEMAND"
HI PPL
SEND UR QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS TO
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WE LL PUBLISH THOSE QUESTIONS ON THIS BLOG ALONG WITH UR NAME.
THANK YOU
SEND UR QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS TO
greforum@yahoo.com
WE LL PUBLISH THOSE QUESTIONS ON THIS BLOG ALONG WITH UR NAME.
THANK YOU
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
HUNGRY : FAMISHED ::
(A) agog : keen
(B) indubitable : amenable
(C) punctilious : congenial
(D) trite : imperfect
(E) extensive : endless
(A) agog : keen
(B) indubitable : amenable
(C) punctilious : congenial
(D) trite : imperfect
(E) extensive : endless
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
She is the most---------------- person I have
ever met, seemingly with an endless reserve
of energy.
(A) jejune
(B) vivacious
(C) solicitous
(D) impudent
(E) indolent
ever met, seemingly with an endless reserve
of energy.
(A) jejune
(B) vivacious
(C) solicitous
(D) impudent
(E) indolent
"MATH QUESTION OF THE DAY"
The capacity of glass X is 80 percent of the capacity of glass Y. Further, glass X contains 6 ounces of
punch and is half-full, while glass Y is full. Glass Y contains how many more ounces of punch than
glass X?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 9
(E) Not enough information to decide
punch and is half-full, while glass Y is full. Glass Y contains how many more ounces of punch than
glass X?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 9
(E) Not enough information to decide
"ALGEBRA QUESTION OF THE DAY"
Suppose you begin reading a book on page
h and end on page k. If you read each page
completely and the pages are numbered and
read consecutively, then how many pages
have you read?
(A) h + k
(B) h – k
(C) k – h + 2
(D) k – h – 1
(E) k – h + 1
h and end on page k. If you read each page
completely and the pages are numbered and
read consecutively, then how many pages
have you read?
(A) h + k
(B) h – k
(C) k – h + 2
(D) k – h – 1
(E) k – h + 1
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
"SENTENCE COMPLETION OF THE DAY"
Despite all its , a stint in the
diplomatic core is invariably an uplifting
experience.
(A) merits
(B) compensation
(C) effectiveness
(D) rigors
(E) mediocrity
diplomatic core is invariably an uplifting
experience.
(A) merits
(B) compensation
(C) effectiveness
(D) rigors
(E) mediocrity
"ANALOGY OF THE DAY"
CONVOLUTED : UNIFORM ::
(A) prosaic : animated
(B) fatuous : apathetic
(C) mild : indulgent
(D) disconsolate : unmistakable
(E) apprehensive : distraught
(A) prosaic : animated
(B) fatuous : apathetic
(C) mild : indulgent
(D) disconsolate : unmistakable
(E) apprehensive : distraught
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