20 hardest and 20 best questions of 2015 Hardest Verbal Questions of 2015 # Verbal Question (CR or SC) Difficulty 1 Women who are married sleep more soundly than women who have never 1012 2 #Top150 SC: The Middle Stone Age, extended for 200,000 years from 948 3 #Top150 CR: Smithtown University's fund-raisers succeeded in getting 920 4 Those who maintain that technology is negatively rewiring our brains 885 5 It is equally well known that a GPS satellite needs an extremely accur 882 6 #Top150 CR: Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture 882 7 #Top150 CR: In response to years of increasing congestion at airport X 875 8 #Top150 CR: A management protocol system that offers a unique method 868 9 Inability to concentrate" is a condition characterized by an inability 860 10 Gustav Klimt, in his leadership of the Vienna Secession, lending more 857 11 #Top150 CR: Beginning in 1997 high school seniors in State Q 855 12 #Top150 CR - Research has shown that impoverished people 854 13 After leaving the ranch, the herds of longhorns,the historic cattle of 848 14 The policy of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise 838 15 #Top150 CR: The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions 835 16 #Top150 CR: Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists 831 17 Clear communication is one of the key ingredients 827 18 #Top150 CR: A veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer implemented 825 19 #Top150 CR: Studio executives carefully examine how a film performs 824 20 #Top150 SC: Ending a contentious political stalemate 821 Verbal Topics from 2015 with Most Kudos and Bookmarks # Topic Kudos/Bookmarks Author 1 Sentence Correction Megathread - 2015 edition 130 by souvik101990 2 OG 2016: Intellectual Activities 47 by WillGetIt 3 2016 OG: In an experiment, each volunteer was allowed to choose betwee 43 by notwithstanding 4 2016 OG Q10 - A long-term study of some 1,000 36 by LithiumIon 5 SC : Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the be 35 by srikrishnans92 6 Parallelism Revision: Rather than accept the conventional wisdom 34 by souvik101990 7 By 1999, astronomers had discovered 32 by JarvisR 8 The remarkable similarity of Thule artifacts throughout a vast region 31 by blockman 9 While many of the dinosaur fossils 29 by amatya 10 OG 2016: Intellectual Activities 28 by EMPOWERgmatMax 11 CR Challenge Question: Bumblebees OG 2016 27 by WillGetIt 12 A certain cultivated herb is one of a group of closely related plants 27 by harishbiyani8888 13 Jhumpa Lahiris ability to write a best seller 25 by WaterFlowsUp 14 If birds did not have wings, they would not have been able to fly 25 by reto 15 CR challenge Question: Beach City Airport OG 2016 24 by WillGetIt 16 2016 OG: Although the school would receive financial benefits if it ha 23 by notwithstanding 17 Gustav Klimt, in his leadership of the Vienna Secession, lending more 22 by reto 18 OG 2016 - Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere 22 by thanhmaitran 19 2016 OG Q10 - A long-term study of some 1,000 22 by DollySharma 20 Comparison Revision: Because of less availability and greater 21 by souvik101990

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Hardest Verbal Questions of 2015
#	Verbal Question (CR or SC)	Difficulty
1	Women who are married sleep more soundly than women who have never	1012
2	#Top150 SC: The Middle Stone Age, extended for 200,000 years from	948
3	#Top150 CR: Smithtown University's fund-raisers succeeded in getting	920
4	Those who maintain that technology is negatively rewiring our brains	885
5	It is equally well known that a GPS satellite needs an extremely accur	882
6	#Top150 CR: Tiger beetles are such fast runners that they can capture	882
7	#Top150 CR: In response to years of increasing congestion at airport X	875
8	#Top150 CR: A management protocol system that offers a unique method	868
9	Inability to concentrate" is a condition characterized by an inability	860
10	Gustav Klimt, in his leadership of the Vienna Secession, lending more	857
11	#Top150 CR: Beginning in 1997 high school seniors in State Q	855
12	#Top150 CR - Research has shown that impoverished people	854
13	After leaving the ranch, the herds of longhorns,the historic cattle of	848
14	The policy of applying indirect taxes, like value added tax and excise	838
15	#Top150 CR: The rise in free, do-it-yourself instructions	835
16	#Top150 CR: Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists	831
17	Clear communication is one of the key ingredients	827
18	#Top150 CR: A veterinary pharmaceutical manufacturer implemented	825
19	#Top150 CR: Studio executives carefully examine how a film performs	824
20	#Top150 SC: Ending a contentious political stalemate	821

Verbal Topics from 2015 with Most Kudos and Bookmarks
#	Topic	Kudos/Bookmarks	Author
1	Sentence Correction Megathread - 2015 edition	130	by souvik101990
2	OG 2016: Intellectual Activities	47	by WillGetIt
3	2016 OG: In an experiment, each volunteer was allowed to choose betwee	43	by notwithstanding
4	2016 OG Q10 - A long-term study of some 1,000	36	by LithiumIon
5	SC : Although she was considered among her contemporaries to be the be	35	by srikrishnans92
6	Parallelism Revision: Rather than accept the conventional wisdom	34	by souvik101990
7	By 1999, astronomers had discovered	32	by JarvisR
8	The remarkable similarity of Thule artifacts throughout a vast region	31	by blockman
9	While many of the dinosaur fossils	29	by amatya
10	OG 2016: Intellectual Activities	28	by EMPOWERgmatMax
11	CR Challenge Question: Bumblebees OG 2016	27	by WillGetIt
12	A certain cultivated herb is one of a group of closely related plants	27	by harishbiyani8888
13	Jhumpa Lahiris ability to write a best seller	25	by WaterFlowsUp
14	If birds did not have wings, they would not have been able to fly	25	by reto
15	CR challenge Question: Beach City Airport OG 2016	24	by WillGetIt
16	2016 OG: Although the school would receive financial benefits if it ha	23	by notwithstanding
17	Gustav Klimt, in his leadership of the Vienna Secession, lending more	22	by reto
18	OG 2016 - Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere	22	by thanhmaitran
19	2016 OG Q10 - A long-term study of some 1,000	22	by DollySharma
20	Comparison Revision: Because of less availability and greater	21	by souvik101990

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Dear Sir

The diff level is 1012? I was in the impression that GMAT ques difficulty level ranges from 600-800. Could you advise if 1012 means they are the most difficult of the lot or are these numbers not reflective of GMAT diff levels?
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Can you please advise how difficulty levels of Verbal questions can exceed 800? (As above)

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It is not on an 800 scale. This is a relative scale.

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It is not on an 800 scale. This is a relative scale.

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Sorry for asking lame questions , but when you say 1012 level difficult -- are these the "HARDEST" of the ques one get on a GMAT?

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You should probably check this list out. It is dynamic and is generated every month:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/150-hardest- ... 04135.html

There is one for SC as well.

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