Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 2808:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
Are you constantly rereading GMAT RC passages but still struggling to understand them? Most students think rereading improves accuracy — but in reality, it usually signals a flawed reading strategy.
May 2110:00 AM EDT
-11:59 PM EDT
Make the most of your break with the most realistic GMAT™ prep. Take up to $700 off select products.- May 27
08:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
Next - GMAT Ninja CR series, we tackle a very specific flavor of Critical Reasoning: Plans & Goals questions. The GMAT loves to present a scenario where a company, government, or individual proposes a seemingly brilliant plan to achieve a specific goal. - Jun 10
06:00 AM PDT
-06:15 PM PDT
Register for the GMAT Club Virtual MBA Spotlight Fair – the world’s premier event for serious MBA candidates. This is your chance to hear directly from Admissions Directors at nearly every Top 30 MBA program..
14 Dec 2025, 10:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
D
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
(N/A)
Question Stats:
0% (00:00) correct
0%
(00:00)
wrong
based on 0
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Archaeologists digging near a fourteenth-century monastery discovered the remains of a glass factory that produced stained glass for the monastery’s windows. The factory was located on a hill where wind would have been plentiful, but there is no evidence that windmills were used to power the bellows for the furnaces. Therefore, since the monks at the monastery almost certainly did the work themselves, the bellows must have been operated by hand.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) The monks at the monastery did not have the financial resources to purchase windmills.
(B) The glass factory was not in operation for a long enough period to justify the construction of windmills.
(C) The wind on the hill where the factory was located was not strong enough to power the bellows.
(D) The monks would not have used a source of power other than wind or human labor to operate the bellows.
(E) The stained glass produced at the factory was not of a quality that required the use of windmill-powered bellows.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) The monks at the monastery did not have the financial resources to purchase windmills.
(B) The glass factory was not in operation for a long enough period to justify the construction of windmills.
(C) The wind on the hill where the factory was located was not strong enough to power the bellows.
(D) The monks would not have used a source of power other than wind or human labor to operate the bellows.
(E) The stained glass produced at the factory was not of a quality that required the use of windmill-powered bellows.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Critical Reasoning (CR) Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block below for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
14 Dec 2025, 10:50
Kudos
Bookmarks
gemministorm
This question is discussed here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/archaeologis ... 16612.html Hope it helps.
Archived Topic
Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
Where to now? Join ongoing discussions on thousands of quality questions in our Critical Reasoning (CR) Forum
Still interested in this question? Check out the "Best Topics" block above for a better discussion on this exact question, as well as several more related questions.
Thank you for understanding, and happy exploring!
Moderators:
