{"id":43929,"date":"2018-11-12T02:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=43929"},"modified":"2018-11-11T08:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T15:06:48","slug":"question-of-the-day-november-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/question-of-the-day-november-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Day (November 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Verbal<\/h2>\n<div class=\"item text\">\n<p>In 1979 lack of rain reduced India's rice production to about 41 million tons, nearly 25 percent [u]less than those of the 1978 harvest.[\/u]<\/p>\n<p>(A) less than those of the 1978 harvest<\/p>\n<p>(B) less than the 1978 harvest<\/p>\n<p>(C) less than 1978<\/p>\n<p>(D) fewer than 1978<\/p>\n<p>(E) fewer than that of India's 1978 harvest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/in-1979-lack-of-rain-reduced-india-s-rice-production-to-about-41-milli-137020.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">B<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/a-regimen-of-intrauterine-azt-zidovudine-as-a-means-of-reducing-the-243832.html\"><strong>Bonus RC Question of the Day<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Quant<\/h2>\n<p>If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y\" alt=\"y\" class=\"latex\"> are integers and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%20%2B%20y%20%3D%20-12\" alt=\"x + y = -12\" class=\"latex\">, which of the following must be true?<\/p>\n<p>A. Both <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x\" alt=\"x\" class=\"latex\"> and <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y\" alt=\"y\" class=\"latex\"> are negative<br \/>\nB. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?xy%20%5Cgt%200\" alt=\"xy \\gt 0\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nC. If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Clt%200\" alt=\"y \\lt 0\" class=\"latex\">, then <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%20%5Cgt%200\" alt=\"x \\gt 0\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nD. If <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?y%20%5Cgt%200\" alt=\"y \\gt 0\" class=\"latex\">, then <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x%20%5Clt%200\" alt=\"x \\lt 0\" class=\"latex\"><br \/>\nE. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/cgi-bin\/mimetex.cgi?x-y%20%5Cgt%200\" alt=\"x-y \\gt 0\" class=\"latex\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/forum\/m28-184523.html\">Question Discussion &amp; Explanation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>\u00a0- <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">D<\/span>\u00a0-\u00a0(click and drag your mouse to see the answer)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Like these questions?<\/strong>\u00a0Get the\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/tests-beta\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1494346763458000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPuQLeF_71bLsXGDQ7KbNaq3jUAA\">GMAT Club CAT\u2019s<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verbal In 1979 lack of rain reduced India&#8217;s rice production to about 41 million tons, nearly 25 percent [u]less than those of the 1978 harvest.[\/u] (A) less than those of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,9,243],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gmat-tests","category-gmat","category-blog","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43929"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43938,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43929\/revisions\/43938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}