100 Easiest Critical Reasoning Questions (Feb 1st, 2021 - Mar 1st, 2021)

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Critical Reasoning (CR)
Rank	Title	Topics
1	Doctors, in seeking a cure for aphroditis melancholias,are guided by t	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Conclusion, Source: Other - Please specify
2	For the past several years, a certain technology has been widely used	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: GMAT Prep
3	Scientists propose placing seismic stations on the floor of the Pacifi	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 12
4	Over the past six years, most of the students in Tupac city have	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Aristotle
5	When three Everett-owned Lightning-built airplanes crashes in the same	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: GMAC Paper Tests, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9
6	A young man eager to become a master swordsman journeyed to the home	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Source: 1000 Series
7	Ronald scored 600 on the GMAT while Derek scored 338 on the GRE. There	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Aristotle
8	When ducklings are exposed to music	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Source: GMAT Prep
9	Shelby Industries manufactures and sells the same gauges as Jones Indu	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND
10	Homeowners aged 40 to 50 are more likely to purchase ice cream and are	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2016, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11
11	It is difficult to keep deep wounds free of bacteria. Even strong anti	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: 1000 Series, Source: LSAT (Official)
12	Rural households have more purchasing power than do urban or suburban	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Inference, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide [Pre-2000], Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: OG 1992
13	Of all of the surgeons practicing at the city hospital, the chief surg	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: 1000 Series, Source: LSAT (Official)
14	A certain pharmaceutical firm claims that its dietary supplement, Diet	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Source: Manhattan GMAT
15	Carl is clearly an incompetent detective. He has solved a smaller	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Other - Please specify
16	Beginning in 1966 all new cars sold in Morodia were required to have s	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2020, Source: OG 2019, Source: OG 2018
17	The local university recently hired a new soccer coach. Although she	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Manhattan GMAT
18	Advanced Technology School and Computer Horizons provide	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Kaplan
19	Suncorp, a new corporation with limited funds, has been	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Cause and Effect, Resolve Paradox, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2020, Source: OG 2019, Source: OG 2018, Source: OG 2017, Source: OG 2016, Source: OG 2015/OG13
20	According to experts on shopping behavior, more shoppers	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: GMAT Prep
21	The average age of residents in Sunset City	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Kaplan
22	An advertising agency must leave its office building. To save overhead	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: GMAT Prep
23	After receiving numerous complaints from residents about loud, highly	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Weaken, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal Review 2020
24	Switching to “low-yield” cigarettes, those that yield less nicotine	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: 1000 Series, Source: LSAT (Official)
25	The average life expectancy for the United States population as a whol	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: Official Guide [Pre-2000], Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: OG 1992
26	In comparison to the standard typewriter keyboard, the EFCO	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10
27	Manufacturers are now required to make all cigarette lighters child-re	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
28	Experienced pilots often have more trouble than novice pilots in learn	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Conclusion, Inference, Must be True, Source: 1000 Series
29	Secret passwords are often used to control access to computers. When	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken
30	Scientists are discussing ways to remove excess carbon dioxide from	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: GMAT Prep
31	Start-up companies financed by venture capitalist have a much lower	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: GMAC Paper Tests, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
32	Airline: Newly developed collision-avoidance systems, although not ful	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9
33	The federal government expects hospitals to perform 10,000 organ trans	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Other - Please specify
34	Phytonutrients, found in fresh fruits and vegetables, has	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Magoosh
35	India ranks fifth in the world production of coffee. Popular thought	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Magoosh
36	A company determines its yearly profits by deducting its operating exp	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Conclusion, Source: Manhattan GMAT
37	Many of the members of the Richville County Fair	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Kaplan
38	People's television-viewing habits could be monitored by having	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Evaluate Argument, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2ND
39	In August, the Williamstown main city parking garage was completely fu	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Magoosh
40	Astronomer: Most stars are born in groups of thousands, each	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2020, Source: OG 2019, Source: OG 2018, Source: OG 2017, Source: OG 2016
41	Although Ackerburg’s subway system is currently operating at a deficit	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2017
42	With employer-paid training, workers have the	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2020, Source: OG 2019, Source: OG 2018
43	Exhaust released from a combustion engine is harmful when	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Princeton Review
44	A large pharmaceutical company has recently developed	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Kaplan
45	A fashion designer’s fall line for women utilizing new soft fabrics br	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Princeton Review
46	It is crucially important to farmers that the herbicides they use to	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken
47	Time management techniques have regularly been used to improve	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: e-GMAT
48	Paradox Revision: A certain pharmaceutical firm recently developed	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Manhattan GMAT
49	More and more computer programs that provide solutions to mathematical	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Veritas Prep
50	According to a study, after a week of high-altitude living, twenty men	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2020
51	In the United States profits from sales of Grainco’s biggest selling p	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: GMAC Paper Tests
52	Countries A and B are in competition to draw tourists to their countri	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Kaplan
53	A company is considering changing its policy concerning daily working	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Additional Evidence, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2017, Source: OG 2016, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11
54	In order to increase profits during a prolonged slowdown in sales, the	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 11
55	The Elk City garbage dumps are so full that Elk City has been forced t	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Other - Please specify
56	The senate candidate expressed outrage that few judges	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Additional Evidence, Source: Manhattan GMAT
57	Verbal Diagnostic Test No : 6 – CR Q No: 10	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Other - Please specify
58	Physician: The hormone melatonin has shown promise as a	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2018, Source: OG 2017, Source: OG 2016, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12
59	When interest rates are high, insurance companies reduce the	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: GMAT Prep
60	Alcohol-control advocates argue that television advertising plays a la	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Conclusion, Source: Other - Please specify
61	Many breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamin supplements. Some of	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: EA, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9
62	Many airlines have been pushing the federal government for assurances	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: Manhattan GMAT
63	Because no employee wants to be associated with bad news in the eyes	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10
64	This museum does not grant people the right to use images of items in	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Other - Please specify
65	Paleontologists hypothesize that modern birds evolved from the family	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Other - Please specify
66	While antibiotics have done inestimable good to humankind	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: Magoosh
67	When a caterpillar emerges from the egg on a tree branch, it immediate	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: GMAT Prep
68	Conservation officers justified their decision to remove a pack of ten	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: LSAT (Official)
69	Platinum is a relatively rare metal vital to a wide variety of industr	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal Review 2020
70	In many corporations, employees are being replaced by automated	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9
71	A milepost on the towpath read "21" on the side facing the hiker as	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
72	An airplane engine manufacturer developed a new engine model with safe	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: GMAC Paper Tests, Source: Official Guide, Source: EA, Source: OG 10
73	According to futuristic writings in the 1960s, robots would soon drast	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Magoosh
74	A person reading a new book for pleasure is like a tourist traveling	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: LSAT (Official)
75	A city plans to attract new citizens with new housing and new faciliti	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: GMAT Prep
76	Some ecologists claim that forest fires are a natural part	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Knewton
77	In order to reduce the number of items damaged while in	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: OG 2018, Source: OG 2017, Source: OG 2016, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12
78	In order to decrease losses during a prolonged shutdown in sales, the	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Other - Please specify
79	TOMMY: That telephone always rings when I am in the shower and can’t h	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Other - Please specify
80	A major health insurance company in Lagolia	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
81	A proposed ordinance requires the installation in new homes of sprinkl	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide, Source: Official Guide [Pre-2000], Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
82	Donations of imported food will be distributed to children in famine-s	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal Review 2020
83	Most young employees move quickly from one company to	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Princeton Review
84	To evaluate a plan to save money on office space expenditures by havin	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Additional Evidence, Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
85	Paradox Revision: The climbing season of 2006 was the deadliest	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Manhattan GMAT
86	Two experimental garden plots were each planted with the same number o	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: GMAC Paper Tests
87	A weapons-smuggling incident recently took place in country Y. We all	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide [Pre-2000], Source: OG 1990
88	The last members of a now-extinct species of a European wild deer call	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Complete the Passage, Source: Official Guide, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
89	It is not correct on the part of the district administration to ban	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Aristotle
90	Politician: Tourists don't visit our city because of its reputation of	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: Princeton Review
91	Many companies now have employee assistance programs that enable emplo	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: 1000 Series, Source: GMAC Paper Tests, Source: EA, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10
92	Toughened hiring standards have not been the primary cause of the pres	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Official Guide [Pre-2000], Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND
93	The hepatitis B virus is common in China relative to other countries	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Resolve Paradox, Source: Manhattan GMAT
94	According to a prediction of the not-so-distant future published in 19	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Logical Flaw, Source: Official Guide, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12
95	When feeding, aquatic birds known as phalaropes	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Strengthen, Source: Verbal OG
96	The interview is an essential part of a successful hiring program beca	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Assumption, Source: 1000 Series, Source: Verbal OG, Source: OG 10, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 1ST, Source: Verbal Review 2ND, Source: Verbal Review 2017
97	At any given time, approximately fifteen percent of all homes in Flori	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Numbers & Percent, Strengthen, Source: Manhattan GMAT
98	A drug that is highly effective in treating many types of infection ca	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Weaken, Source: 1000 Series, Source: GMAT Prep, Source: OG 2015/OG13, Source: OG 12, Source: OG 11, Source: OG 10, Source: OG 9
99	A business analysis of the Appenian railroad system divided its long-d	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Complete the Passage, Source: Verbal OG, Source: Verbal Review 2020, Source: Verbal Review 2019, Source: Verbal Review 2018, Source: Verbal Review 2016, Source: Verbal Review 2017
100	Political Analyst: "Although citizens of this state normally oppose	Difficulty: Sub-600 Level, Bold Face CR, Source: Magoosh

Hi,

as a golfer lacks a fundamental skill to performing a certain movement, is a waste of time that he/she practices one million of times; he/she will still get wrong the movement.

You should work to your basic, asking to yourself: why I am picking the wrong one over time ?? is a question of logic ?? I do not fully understand the stimulus what it means ?? I lack a proper English comprehension at a certain level ??

It is true that practice makes perfect unless your fundamentals are strong. I.E you do have a plateau from which you starting practice to the highest level. Otherwise, you turn in a limbo

See this https://gmatclub.com/forum/cr-verbal-qu ... l#p1509480

Hope this helps
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Please refer to the post below:

nasas-methodical-approach-to-the-exploration-of-mars-has-not-119300-20.html#p1746555

I would be happy to discuss specific questions if you wish - send me the link by PM after positing your concerns under the respective question threads.

Do we have all these 150qs in pdf format, With answers.

Many thanks for your contribution!
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Great collection, will start practicing right away!

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I am able to narrow the answer choices to two options every time while solving 90% of these question but I am always choosing the wrong one every damn time.
carcass what to do?
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carcass sayantanc2k

Can we filter only OG Qs from above list if we are short of time?
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Hi folks,

I am new in this and still not sure whether I am posting in the right place. I was wondering if any of you had these "150 hardest questions" selection for the different parts of the GMAT (SC, CR, PS, DS, and RC) in PDF FORMAT.


An answer will be appreciated!

You can go to questions and add these to your workbook. You can click on "Add question to PDF question list".
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this link is too overwhelming ...can you suggest a simpler approach ?

Around how much time people generally per question for these hardest questions?

Thanks a lot for all good collection.

Hey sayantanc2k thanks for posting these--they were super helpful!

#45 is an LSAT-type question, though apparently it most likely isn't even an actual LSAT question. Probably won't do much good for people studying for the GMAT. You may want to swap that one out. Thanks again!

This is very helpful. Can't wait to try them out.

This is very helpful. Can't wait to try them out.

It is 100% dependent on where you are as a student. For someone with advanced skills, these questions shouldn't take more than 2:30 (and this would be high). For someone who is still struggling with medium or low-700 level questions, then these could take 5:00 minutes. But I guess that speaks to the fact that you should do these once you are proficient with most questions and are looking for a harder challenge. Just my opinion, and I have been wrong before, haha.
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Thank you for taking the time and coming up with this analysis.

Thanks for the collection. Especially the hard CR questions will help me the most.