Is point closer to point than to point ?

1. Point lies on the line
2. Point lies on the line

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Verbal (CR)

Bus company president: A city councilman has stated his objection to the claim that the city buses are dangerous. This is clearly untrue. None of the new buses in use has ever been crashed or even had a serious malfunction.
City councilman: The problem with the new buses is not that they malfunction, but that they are so flamboyantly painted that other drivers on the road are distracted and this may cause accidents.

The councilman responds to the bus company president by doing which of the following?

(A) Characterizing the bus company president’s assertion as stemming from subjective interest rather than from objective evaluation of the facts
(B) Drawing attention to the fact that the bus company president’s interpretation of the word “dangerous” is too narrow
(C) Invoking evidence that the bus company president has explicitly dismissed as irrelevant the point at issue
(D) Citing statistical evidence that refutes the bus company president’s claim
(E) Casting doubt on the extent of the bus company president’s knowledge of the number of recent traffic accidents

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, , and are points on the plane. Is ?

1.
2.

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Verbal (SC)

Europe’s travel industry is suffering as a result of sluggish economy, a stretch of bad weather as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent.

(A) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that is persistent
(B) and the chilling effect of terrorist activity that is persistent
(C) but persistent terrorist activity has had a chilling effect too
(D) and the chilling effects of persistent terrorist activity
(E) as well as the chilling effects of terrorist activity that persists

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What is the least such that is divisible by 1000?

(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 20
(E) 25

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Verbal (SC)

In its most recent approach, the comet Crommelin passed the Earth at about the same distance and in about the same position, some 25 degrees above the horizon, that Halley’s comet will pass the next time it appears.

(A) that Halley’s comet will pass
(B) that Halley’s comet is to be passing
(C) as Halley’s comet
(D) as will Halley’s comet
(E) as Halley’s comet will do

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What is the last digit of ?

(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 9

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Verbal (CR)

Studies have shown that elderly people who practice a religion are much more likely to die immediately after an important religious holiday period than immediately before one. Researchers have concluded that the will to live can prolong life, at least for short periods of time.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the researchers conclusion?

(A) Elderly people who practice a religion are less likely to die immediately before or during an important religious holiday than at any other time of the year.
(B) Elderly people who practice a religion appear to experience less anxiety at the prospect of dying than do other people.
(C) Some elderly people who do practice a religion live much longer than most elderly people who do not.
(D) Most elderly people who participate in religious holidays have different reasons for participating than young people do.
(E) Many religions have important holidays in the spring and fall, seasons with the lowest death rates for elderly people.

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The safety distance (meters) between cars moving on a motorway depends on their speed (meters per second):

If two cars want to maintain a time interval of 1 second between each other, which of the following speeds will breach the safety regulation?

(A) 5 m/s
(B) 10 m/s
(C) 25 m/s
(D) 50 m/s
(E) 90 m/s

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Verbal (CR)

Neither a rising standard of living nor balanced trade, by itself, establishes a country’s ability to compete in the international marketplace. Both are required simultaneously since standards of living can rise because of growing trade deficits and trade can be balanced by means of a decline in a country’s standard of living.

If the facts stated in the passage above are true, a proper test of a country’s ability to be competitive is its ability to

(A) balance its trade while its standard of living rises
(B) balance its trade while its standard of living falls
(C) increase trade deficits while its standard of living rises
(D) decrease trade deficits while its standard of living falls
(E) keep its standard of living constant while trade deficits rise

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All pages of the book are numbered. If the first page is numbered 1 and the last page is numbered 705, on how many pages does digit 9 appear in the numeration?

(A) 70
(B) 77
(C) 126
(D) 133
(E) 140

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Verbal (SC)

After moving to Switzerland in the 1890’s, Albert Einstein attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing a foundation for his future work in mathematical physics.

(A) attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developing
(B) attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis and developed
(C) attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and he developed
(D) attended the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, received in-depth training in quantitative analysis, developing
(E) attending the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, receiving in-depth training in quantitative analysis, and developing

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If and are positive integers, is an integer?

1.
2.

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Verbal (SC)

Even as they never forgave the Crusaders who overran their homeland, the Syrians have never absolved the French for taking territory from them.

(A) Even as they never forgave
(B) While they never forgave
(C) Just like they never forgave
(D) Similarly to not forgiving
(E) In spite of their never forgiving

OA and Explanation

If among 5 children there are 2 siblings, in how many ways can the children be seated in a row so that the siblings do not sit together?

(A) 38
(B) 46
(C) 72
(D) 86
(E) 102

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Verbal (CR)

Some who favor putting governmental enterprises into private hands suggest that conservation objectives would in general be better served if private environmental groups were put in charge of operating and financing the national park system, which is now run by the government.

Which of the following, assuming that it is a realistic possibility, argues most strongly against the suggestion above?

(A) Those seeking to abolish all restrictions on exploiting the natural resources of the parks might join the private environmental groups as members and eventually take over their leadership.
(B) Private environmental groups might not always agree on the best ways to achieve conservation objectives.
(C) If they wished to extend the park system, the private environmental groups might have to seek contributions from major donors and general public.
(D) There might be competition among private environmental groups for control of certain park areas.
(E) Some endangered species, such as the California condor, might die out despite the best efforts of the private environmental groups, even if those groups are not hampered by insufficient resources.

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Comet A is seen near the Earth every 12 years while comet B every 20 years. If both comets were observed in 1979, for how many years do we have to wait to see the two comets together again? (Assume now is 2004)

(A) 16
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 32
(E) 35

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Verbal (CR)

Choi: All other factors being equal, children whose parents earned doctorates are more likely to earn a doctorate than children whose parents did not earn doctorates.
Hart: But consider this: Over 70 percent of all doctorate holders do not have a parent that also holds a doctorate.

Which of the following is the most accurate evaluation of Hart’s reply?

(A) It establishes that Choi’s claim is an exaggeration.
(B) If true, it effectively demonstrates that Choi’s claim cannot be accurate.
(C) It is consistent with Choi’s claim.
(D) It provides alternative reasons for accepting Choi’s claim.
(E) It mistakes what is necessary for an event with what is sufficient to determine that the event will occur.

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If is divisible by 4, which of the following must be true?

(A) If is even then is odd.
(B) If then is not a positive integer.
(C) If is 0 then is not 0.
(D) is even.
(E) is not an integer.

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Verbal (SC)

A group of students who have begun to clean up Frederick Law Olmstead’s Morning Park in New York City believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to be returned to its former condition.

(A) believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
(B) believe that the park needs to not be redesigned but to
(C) believes that the park needs not to be redesigned but could
(D) believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but to
(E) believe that the park needs not to be redesigned but that it

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