GMAT Verbal Test

Question 1 of 10

1

Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address (while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?)

Select one of the following:

while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
as he rode to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?
on a scrap of paper while riding to Gettysburg?
on a scrap of paper while he rode to Gettysburg?
while riding to Gettysburg on a buggy?

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

(I don't do well in those kinds of tests.)

Select one of the following:

I don't do well in those kinds of tests.
I don't do well in those kind of tests.
I don't do good in those kinds of tests.
I don't do good in those kind of tests
I don't do good in tests like those.

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

(Honor as well as profit are to be gained by this work. )

Select one of the following:

Honor as well as profit are to be gained by this work.
Honor as well as profit is to be gained by this work.
Honor in addition to profit are to be gained by this work.
Honor, as well as profit, are to be gained by this work.
Honor also profit is to be gained by this work.

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

Finding the book on top of the desk, (it was placed on the shelf with the others by the librarian. )

Select one of the following:

it was placed on the shelf with the others by the librarian.
it was placed with the others on the shelf by the librarian.
the librarian placed it on the shelf with the others.
and placing it on the shelf with the others by the librarian.

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Keeping to the high roads, running as fast as she could(, as well as not stopping for rest,) allowed her to make the trip in record time.

Select one of the following:

, as well as not stopping for rest,
as well as not stopping for rest
, and not stopping for rest
, not stopping for rest,
stopping not for rest

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

(You need not go unless you want to. )

Select one of the following:

You need not go unless you want to.
You don't need to go not unless you want to.
You need go not unless you want to.
You need not go in case unless you want to.
You can go not unless you want to.

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

(After he graduated college,) he entered law school.

Select one of the following:

After he graduated college,
After he was graduated from college,
When he graduated college,
After he graduated school
As he was graduated from college,

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

Fact 1: Television advertising is becoming less effective: the promotion of brand names promoted on television that viewers of the advertising can recall is slowly decreasing.

Fact 2: Television viewers recall commercials aired first or last in a cluster of consecutive commercials far better than they recall commercials aired somewhere in the middle.

Fact 2 would be most likely to contribute to an explanation of fact 1 if which of the following were also true?

Select one of the following:

The total time allotted to the average cluster of consecutive television commercials is decreasing.
The average number of clusters of consecutive commercials per hour of television is increasing.
The average number of hours per day that people spend watching television is decreasing.
The average number of television commercials in a cluster of consecutive commercials is increasing.
The average television viewer currently recalls fewer than half the brand names promoted in commercials he or she saw.

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

The average normal infant born in the United States weighs between twelve and fourteen pounds at the age of three months. Therefore, if a three-month-old child weighs only ten pounds, its weight gain has been below the United States average.

Which of the following indicates a flaw in the reasoning above?

Select one of the following:

The phrase "below average" does not necessarily mean insufficient.
Average weight gain is not the same as average weight.
Some three-month old children weigh as much as seventeen pounds.
It is possible for a normal child to weigh ten pounds at birth.
Weight is only one measure of normal infant development.

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

People buy prestige when they buy a premium product. They want to be associated with something special. Mass-marketing techniques and price-reduction strategies should not be used because ___________ .

Select one of the following:

continued sales depend directly on the maintenance of an aura of exclusivity.
expansion of the market niche to include a broader spectrum of consumers will increase profits.
manufacturing a premium brand is not necessarily more costly than manufacturing a standard brand of the same product.
affluent purchasers currently represent a shrinking portion of the population of all purchasers.
purchasers of premium products are concerned with the quality as well as with the price of the products.

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GMAT Verbal Test

GMAT Verbal Test

GMAT Verbal Test

Question 1 of 10

Is it historically verifiable that Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address (while riding to Gettysburg on a scrap of paper?)

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

(I don't do well in those kinds of tests.)

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

(Honor as well as profit are to be gained by this work. )

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

Finding the book on top of the desk, (it was placed on the shelf with the others by the librarian. )

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

Keeping to the high roads, running as fast as she could(, as well as not stopping for rest,) allowed her to make the trip in record time.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

(You need not go unless you want to. )

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

(After he graduated college,) he entered law school.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

Which of the following best completes the passage below? People buy prestige when they buy a premium product. They want to be associated with something special. Mass-marketing techniques and price-reduction strategies should not be used because ___________ .

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

People buy prestige when they buy a premium product. They want to be associated with something special. Mass-marketing techniques and price-reduction strategies should not be used because ___________ .