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

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

PROCRASTINATION

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

CIRCUITY
(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

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

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

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

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

GRE WORD OF THE DAY

CHIROPRACTOR

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

GRE QUESTION ON DEMAND (ANTONYM)

LUGUBRIOUSNESS:
(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

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

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

GRE ANTONYM OF THE DAY

BELLICOSE:
(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