100 Hardest Critical Reasoning Questions Ver 2.0

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100 Hardest Critical Reasoning Questions Ver 2.0 
 Are you familiar with the  GMAT Club's timer ? We have pulled timer results from our database and analyzed every question in the forum. Based on those results, we have compiled a list of the hardest questions in each of the question forums we have. Below I am presenting to you the top 100 questions from CR forum. 
   100 Hardest Critical Reasoning Questions     Rank    Critical Reasoning Question     1   Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Cir     2   The snack food market has recently seen an explosion in the     3   A Management protocol system     4   Recently, some critics of the U.S. government have pointed     5   In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy     6   Tiger beetles are such fast runners that     7   Beginning in 1997, high school seniors in State Q have been     8   In the modern era, society should accept the premise that     9   Developed countries around the world have ...     10   Instead of blaming an automobile accident on driver error,     11   Public health advocate: It is generally true that medication     12   From an article in the Wall Street Chronicle: ...     13   For the writers who first gave feudalism its name, the     14   Last January, in an attempt to lower the number of traffic     15   Hardin argued that grazing land held in common(that is, open     16   After a number of migrant fishermen at the Rotunda Beach     17   More airplane accidents are caused by pilot error than any o     18   Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in geologically quiet     19   A veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer implemented     20   Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists who     21   Advocates argue that five-cent bottle deposits charged on     22   The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions on the     23   Gasoline Cars in Papula Country     24   Biologists have noted reproductive abnormalities in fish     25   A new species of fish has just been discovered living in     26   Major airlines will purchase many of the new aircrafts     27   Traditionally, candidates for elected offices have     28   Epidemiologist: In Brazil, schistosomiasis and malaria are     29   A reason Larson cannot do the assignmen     30   Decentralization enables divisions of a large institution to     31   At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height     32   Public health expert: Until recently people believed that     33   Math education in this country does a disservice to our     34   Any realtor currently looking for a location in which to     35   In order to raise revenue, the federal government planned a     36   Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality     37   Two types of earthworm, one black and one red-brown, inhabit     38   Publicity campaigns for endangered species are unlikely to     39   In one-round sealed-bid auctions, each prospective buyer     40   Salesperson: A shopper will refuse to purchase an overpriced     41   Researchers from a data analysis firm have found that the     42   Studio executives carefully examine how a film performs on     43   Clinical checkups after the first and second trimesters of     44   Now problems require new solutions. And new problems arise     45   Estonian and Finnish people     46   Modern navigation systems, which are found in most of today     47   Public Health Official : After several years of vaccinating     48   In 2009, the city of Los Bernardinos ranked worst nationwide     49   Some people believe that gaining wealth     50   Iridium, a hard, whitish metal similar to platinum, is     51   Psychologist: Psychotherapists who attempt to provide     52   Some say that an asteroid colliding with Earth was     53   Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some     54   The solution to any environmental problem that is not the     55   Archaeologists have recently found in various grave sites in     56   In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy     57   In the country of Bedenia, officials have recently     58   The only preexisting recordings that are transferred onto     59   Studies show that children who watch too much television are     60   In the late nineteenth century, the archaeologist Charles     61   Networks of blood vessels in bats' wings serve only to     62   In a survey of all 14,000 undergraduates in a University, ov     63   Assumption-- Singing in the rain umbrella     64   The CFO attributes our increased sales last year to the new     65   Despite the approach of winter oil prices to industrial     66   In response to high mortality in area hospitals, surgery was     67   In the years since the city of London imposed strict     68   A team of researchers from MIT studied the effects of     69   A neuron needs to travel to the place in the brain     70   At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height     71   The noise caused by airplanes during takeoff and landing     72   According to recent research, a blindfolded person whose     73   An engineering firm has suggested the construction of an     74   In a forest often visited by the residents of a small town..     75   The president s nominees to federal circuit courts have been     76   Recent studies show that people between the ages of 13 and     77   The Daisygen Company genetically engineers flowers which are     78   Joanne: An increasing number of online retailers now allow c     79   Forty miles to the west of Tucson, a developer attempted to     80   Studies have shown that a large percentage of car accidents     81   Botanist: On the remote island of Tropica, it is known that     82   Last year, the government of country A imposed large tariffs     83   Construction contractors working on the cutting edge of tech     84   Certain instruments used in veterinary surgery can be made     85   In the feudal system, nobles typically hired knights to     86   A product that represents a clear technological advance over     87   Black Americans are, on the whole, about twice as likely as     88   Climatologists believe they know why Earth has undergone a     89   Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some     90   In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of     91   Over 40,000 lead seals from the early Byzantine Empire remai     92   In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of     93   Rodrigo: A number of commentators have recently opined that     94   If one of the effects of a genetic mutation makes a     95   Although the price of gasoline can sometimes reach uncomfort     96   The theory of military deterrence was based on a simple     97   Scientists typically do their most creative work before the     98   Over the past few years, retailers in the town of     99   Doctors in Britain have long suspected that patients who     100   Spectroscopic analysis has revealed the existence of frozen

Question Type Distribution 
   Question Type Distribution     Question Type    Number of Questions     Weaken  22    Assumption  21    Strengthen  11    Inference  10    Bold Face CR  8    Conclusion  8    Must be True  6    Evaluate Argument  4    Resolve Paradox  4    Additional Evidence  4    Numbers and Percent  4    Method of Reasoning  2    Similar Reasoning  2    Logical Flaw  1

A note about difficulty and how we determine the hardest questions - we use the GMAT Club timer and user statistics. We use both % of correct answers as well as the average time used. Though this list is very accurate, please keep in mind that minor shifts are expected over time.

mba1382 · Answer

Hi Souvik101990 Gr8 work indeed appreciate your efforts. :-)

Btw I see that few of the questions in the list are duplicated.

ENGRTOMBA2018 · Answer

Hi

Is there a PDF version of this that can be downloaded ?

Thanks

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scofield1521 · Answer

Nice work done.
Just pushing up this post. Please share if any one have  file (pdf/doc. etc.) version .

tarunk31 · Answer

Thanks Souvik. Can you please tell us what's the source of problems. Do they include Gmatprep exams questions ?

souvik101990 · Answer

Hi. Great eye. I ll run through a clean up!

souvik101990 · Answer

Not for now! But I hear the GMAT Club premium bundle comes with a collection of these with other stuffs too. Check it out if you want! https://gmatclub.com/forum/premium

souvik101990 · Answer

It does. As I mentioned, the source is the GMAT Club forum timer, so basically all the available sources!

Carcass · Answer

According to my info, the questions duplicated in regard the previous collection are

6 - 7 - 17 - 20 - 22 - 23 - 25 - 31 - 41 - 47 - 56 - 60 - 63 - 66 - 72 - 78 - 79 - 86

I hope is correct.

Regards

souvik101990 · Answer

You know that you are the most prized GMAT Club possession right?

Carcass · Answer

let me check.......more carefully ok ??:)

bb · Answer

Duplicates happen sometimes.... duplicate questions are discussed and amazingly enough they are predicatively hard and properly weighted/evaluated :-)

Same happened with the last one too (v.1)

shahPranay14 · Answer

Appreciate the efforts for compiling but i see many Questions that are either controversial in their choice of OA or content.

np2904 · Answer

Great work !!! Thank you so much!!!

nitishmalagi · Answer

Good collection, thanks

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100 Hardest Critical Reasoning Questions
Rank	Critical Reasoning Question
1	Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality Cir
2	The snack food market has recently seen an explosion in the
3	A Management protocol system
4	Recently, some critics of the U.S. government have pointed
5	In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy
6	Tiger beetles are such fast runners that
7	Beginning in 1997, high school seniors in State Q have been
8	In the modern era, society should accept the premise that
9	Developed countries around the world have ...
10	Instead of blaming an automobile accident on driver error,
11	Public health advocate: It is generally true that medication
12	From an article in the Wall Street Chronicle: ...
13	For the writers who first gave feudalism its name, the
14	Last January, in an attempt to lower the number of traffic
15	Hardin argued that grazing land held in common(that is, open
16	After a number of migrant fishermen at the Rotunda Beach
17	More airplane accidents are caused by pilot error than any o
18	Nuclear reactors are sometimes built in geologically quiet
19	A veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer implemented
20	Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists who
21	Advocates argue that five-cent bottle deposits charged on
22	The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions on the
23	Gasoline Cars in Papula Country
24	Biologists have noted reproductive abnormalities in fish
25	A new species of fish has just been discovered living in
26	Major airlines will purchase many of the new aircrafts
27	Traditionally, candidates for elected offices have
28	Epidemiologist: In Brazil, schistosomiasis and malaria are
29	A reason Larson cannot do the assignmen
30	Decentralization enables divisions of a large institution to
31	At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height
32	Public health expert: Until recently people believed that
33	Math education in this country does a disservice to our
34	Any realtor currently looking for a location in which to
35	In order to raise revenue, the federal government planned a
36	Lark Manufacturing Company initiated a voluntary Quality
37	Two types of earthworm, one black and one red-brown, inhabit
38	Publicity campaigns for endangered species are unlikely to
39	In one-round sealed-bid auctions, each prospective buyer
40	Salesperson: A shopper will refuse to purchase an overpriced
41	Researchers from a data analysis firm have found that the
42	Studio executives carefully examine how a film performs on
43	Clinical checkups after the first and second trimesters of
44	Now problems require new solutions. And new problems arise
45	Estonian and Finnish people
46	Modern navigation systems, which are found in most of today
47	Public Health Official : After several years of vaccinating
48	In 2009, the city of Los Bernardinos ranked worst nationwide
49	Some people believe that gaining wealth
50	Iridium, a hard, whitish metal similar to platinum, is
51	Psychologist: Psychotherapists who attempt to provide
52	Some say that an asteroid colliding with Earth was
53	Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some
54	The solution to any environmental problem that is not the
55	Archaeologists have recently found in various grave sites in
56	In Patton City, days are categorized as having heavy
57	In the country of Bedenia, officials have recently
58	The only preexisting recordings that are transferred onto
59	Studies show that children who watch too much television are
60	In the late nineteenth century, the archaeologist Charles
61	Networks of blood vessels in bats' wings serve only to
62	In a survey of all 14,000 undergraduates in a University, ov
63	Assumption-- Singing in the rain umbrella
64	The CFO attributes our increased sales last year to the new
65	Despite the approach of winter oil prices to industrial
66	In response to high mortality in area hospitals, surgery was
67	In the years since the city of London imposed strict
68	A team of researchers from MIT studied the effects of
69	A neuron needs to travel to the place in the brain
70	At present the Hollywood Restaurant has only standard-height
71	The noise caused by airplanes during takeoff and landing
72	According to recent research, a blindfolded person whose
73	An engineering firm has suggested the construction of an
74	In a forest often visited by the residents of a small town..
75	The president s nominees to federal circuit courts have been
76	Recent studies show that people between the ages of 13 and
77	The Daisygen Company genetically engineers flowers which are
78	Joanne: An increasing number of online retailers now allow c
79	Forty miles to the west of Tucson, a developer attempted to
80	Studies have shown that a large percentage of car accidents
81	Botanist: On the remote island of Tropica, it is known that
82	Last year, the government of country A imposed large tariffs
83	Construction contractors working on the cutting edge of tech
84	Certain instruments used in veterinary surgery can be made
85	In the feudal system, nobles typically hired knights to
86	A product that represents a clear technological advance over
87	Black Americans are, on the whole, about twice as likely as
88	Climatologists believe they know why Earth has undergone a
89	Psychologist: Though popularized by the media and even some
90	In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of
91	Over 40,000 lead seals from the early Byzantine Empire remai
92	In two months, the legal minimum wage in the country of
93	Rodrigo: A number of commentators have recently opined that
94	If one of the effects of a genetic mutation makes a
95	Although the price of gasoline can sometimes reach uncomfort
96	The theory of military deterrence was based on a simple
97	Scientists typically do their most creative work before the
98	Over the past few years, retailers in the town of
99	Doctors in Britain have long suspected that patients who
100	Spectroscopic analysis has revealed the existence of frozen

Question Type Distribution
Question Type	Number of Questions
Weaken	22
Assumption	21
Strengthen	11
Inference	10
Bold Face CR	8
Conclusion	8
Must be True	6
Evaluate Argument	4
Resolve Paradox	4
Additional Evidence	4
Numbers and Percent	4
Method of Reasoning	2
Similar Reasoning	2
Logical Flaw	1

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