Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

for others who picked E: aversion is singular. so is it not better to use "an aversion"

E has parallelism issue - Dorn Consulting handles ...................than handles comparable consulting firms...........



SC Questions December - 22 :

Q1. Hogwartians believed that wands connect with the wizards not only at a physical but also at a mental level, and many wizards claimed to have experienced it through the most powerful magic.

a)have experienced it through

b)have experience with it by the means to

c)have experienced the latter by the means of

d)have its experience by

e)have as experience later by the means of

Q2. The court order’s requirement that each transit worker return to work was generally ignored.

A. that each transit worker return to work

B. that each transit worker would return to work

C. that each transit worker should return to work

D. for each transit worker return to work

E. that each transit worker returns to work.

A - only one that utilizies subjunctive mood properly

CR Questions December - 22 :

Q1. Unless tiger hunting decreases, tigers will soon be extinct in the wild. The countries in which the tigers habitats are located are currently debating joint legislation that would ban tiger hunting. Thus, if these countries can successfully enforce this legislation, the survival of tigers in the wild will be ensured.

The reasoning in the argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that the argument

(A) assumes without sufficient warrant that a ban on tiger hunting could be successfully enforced

(B) considers the effects of hunting on tigers without also considering the effects of hunting on other endangered animal species

(C) fails to take into account how often tiger hunters are unsuccessful in their attempts to kill tigers

(D) neglects to consider the results of governmental attempts in the past to limit tiger hunting

(E) takes the removal of an impediment to the tigers’ survival as a guarantee of their survival

Q2. On the island of Lakahoa, numerous giant stone statues have been found. It is believed that these statues were used for marking sacred areas by people who inhabited Lakahoa in ancient times. However, a few of the statues remain in the area around the quarry where all of the statues were produced. Clearly, therefore, ancient inhabitants of Lakahoa did not believe those few statues to be of sufficiently high quality for marking sacred areas.

Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument relies?

(A) The ancient inhabitants of Lakahoa did not have the ability to transport the few remaining statues to sacred areas.

(B) There were no differences between the levels of quality of the statues used in sacred areas.

(C) There were sacred areas of ancient Lakahoa where the inhabitants did not place any giant stone statues.

(D) The area around the quarry was not considered sacred by the ancient inhabitants of Lakahoa.

(E) All of the ancient inhabitants of Lakahoa had the skills required for assessing the quality of a stone statue.

SC Questions December - 23 :

Q1. Depriving the body of carbohydrates, commonly found in many fad diets, may aid in the loss of weight, but it can likely lead to ketosis, which results in muscle loss in a process that itself can often account for much observed weight loss.

A) Depriving the body of carbohydrates, commonly found in many fad diets, may aid in the loss of weight, but it can likely lead to ketosis, which results in muscle loss in a process that itself can often account for much observed weight loss.

B) Many diets, because they deprive the body of carbohydrates, can likely lead to ketosis—muscle loss occurs accounting for much of the observed weight loss—though they may aid in the loss of weight.

C) Common in fad diets is the recommendation to deprive the body of carbohydrates, which may aid in weight loss and can likely lead to ketosis, resulting in muscle loss and accounting for much observed weight loss.

D) Depriving the body of carbohydrates, a strategy common in fad diets, may aid in weight loss, but such a regimen can likely lead to ketosis, which can cause muscle loss—a result that can often account for much of the observed weight loss.

E) When the body is deprived of carbohydrates, which is common to fad diets, weight loss may occur, but it can also lead to ketosis, accounting for much of the observed weight loss.

Q2. Although many citizens enjoy spacious and well-kept state parks, some fiscally conservative State Representatives are quick to point out that maintaining state parks cost far more than other state land.

A) maintaining state parks cost far more than other state land
B) state parks costs far more to maintain than other state land does
C) maintaining state parks costs far more than other state land
D) state parks cost far more to maintain than other state land does
E) to maintain state parks is far more expensive than other state land

CR Questions December - 23 :

Q1. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has stepped up its scrutiny of the offshore production facilities owned by the world’s top producer of athletic footwear. A recent labor probe in Country P found that each of the company’s production plants violated several labor laws, and the WTO forced the company to double the minimum wage of each of its workers within that country. Therefore, the company’s costs of producing athletic footwear will rise.

The conclusion above is based on which of the following assumptions?

A) The company has never been forced to raise the minimum wage of its workers in the past.

B) Sales of the company’s footwear in Country P will rise.

C) Footwear that is produced in Country P is superior to that produced in any other country.

D) The company will continue to produce its athletic footwear in Country P.

E) The company’s public display of compassion for its workers will ultimately translate into a better image among consumers.

Q2. An advertising agency argued that the quality of its client’s product is perceived to have decreased because the client had pressured the agency to create a campaign which sacrificed the product’s image in order to establish the product as a bargain.

Which of the following, if known to be true by the client and the agency, most seriously weakens the agency’s argument above?


A. A client will always switch advertising agencies when the perception of that client’s product’s value decreases.

B. The client has to give final approval for any advertising campaign an agency creates.

C. Perception of the quality of a product increases when perception of that product as a bargain increases.

D. The perception of a product’s price value increases when an advertising campaign is successful.

E. It is impossible to establish a product as a bargain without a decrease in the perception of that product’s quality

SC Questions December - 24 :

Q1. The recent drop in the prime interest rate probably results from the Federal Reserve Bank’s tight money policy and its effect on lending institutions rather than to the drop in the overall rate of inflation

(A) its effect on lending institutions rather than to the drop in the overall
(B) its affect on lending institutions, as opposed to the drop in the overall
(C) it’s effect on lending institutions, rather than from the drop in the overall
(D) its effect on lending institutions rather than from the drop in the overall
(E) the effect on lending institutions, rather than to the drop in the overall

Q2. The huge painted temples, the canals and cause-ways, the palaces and markets, the orderliness and cleanliness—everything about Tenochtitlan impressed Cortes so that he compared it favorably with the great cities of Spain.


A) impressed Cortes so that he compared

B) so impressed Cortes to compare

C) were impressive enough to Cortes so that he compared

D) so impressed Cortes that he compared

E) impressed Cortes so as to compare

In C - it’s means "it is". so IC without "comma before and" is wrong

indeed, but tomorrow

CR Questions December - 24 :

Q1. Children whose biological parents both have Tic Syndrome Z (TSZ), which is characterized by the involuntary contraction of certain muscles, are about four times more likely to develop such contractions than are children whose biological parents do not have TSZ, It is likely, therefore, that predisposition to TSZ is an inherited trait.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?


(A) Children whose parents have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are under unusual stress at school or at home than if they are not under such stress.

(B) Children whose biological parents do not have TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents with TSZ than if they are raised by their biological parents.

(C) Children whose biological parents have TSZ are as likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by adoptive parents who do not have TSZ as if they are raised by their biological parents.

(D) Children whose biological parents have TSZ and who develop TSZ usually avoid developing a severe form of the syndrome if they seek treatment for TSZ shortly after developing the first signs of it.

(E) Children with TSZ whose biological parents do not have TSZ are less likely to have the syndrome diagnosed when symptoms first appear than are children with TSZ whose biological parents have TSZ.

Q2. The Georgetown Public School recommends that all its students take an active interest in playing chess. This is because, according to a recent medical study, those students who played chess on an average performed better in tests of general intelligence than those who did not play chess. Thus the school contends that playing chess will boost up the intelligence of its students.

Which of the following raises the most serious doubt about the conclusion above?


(A) Some students who perform well in tests of general intelligence do not play chess

(B) Intelligent students are the only ones who take an interest in playing chess

(C) A similar correlation has not been observed with regards to other sports such as baseball

(D) Some of the students who play chess perform poorly in subjects such as History

(E) There can be other ways in which a student could develop intelligence

I am planning to take GMAT next week but there are no avaipable slots for in centre exam.

So If I take the Online GMAT? Will it work? Do schools accept online GMAT scores? Are there any schools that dont?

I am very tensed. Please help me.

You should always check with the school you are applying, but given that it is Christmas that might not be possible. From what I know, there is no difference between Online GMAT and In-Person.

Happy X-Mas and Holidays!!



SC Questions December - 25 :

Q1. The recently discovered dinosaur fossils provide justification for the group of paleontologists to continue its present course of study and request that more funding be granted by their benefactors.

A) request that more funding be granted by their benefactors

B) to request more funding from its benefactors

C) submit a request for more funding from their benefactors

D) request more funding be granted by its benefactors

E) to request additional funding from their benefactors

Q2. Some of the tenth-century stave churches of Norway are still standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely.

(A) standing, demonstrating that with sound design and maintenance, wooden buildings can last indefinitely
(B) standing, demonstrating how wooden buildings, when they have sound design and maintenance, can last indefinitely
(C) standing; they demonstrate if a wooden building has sound design and maintenance it can last indefinitely
(D) standing, and they demonstrate wooden buildings can last indefinitely when there is sound design and maintenance
(E) standing, and they demonstrate how a wooden building can last indefinitely when it has sound design a

CR Questions December - 25 :

Q1. The campus parking authority’s claim that the university is losing substantial revenue
each semester by allowing commuting students to park on campus for free is clearly
false. Nearly all students who commute to campus live close enough to the university
to easily walk there. Hence, the revenue generated by a pay-to-park system would
actually be quite small, since ______________.

(A) only full-time students would be required to purchase parking permits.
(B) most people who currently commute would rather walk to school than pay to park
on campus.
(C) enforcement of parking restrictions would require the hiring of many additional
parking authority employees.
(D) the university receives the majority of its revenue from charitable donations.
(E) most of the free parking areas that are currently being used by students would be
converted to paid parking areas.

Q2. We know that if life ever existed on the Moon, there would be signs of life there. But numerous excursions to the Moon have failed to provide us with any sign of life. So there has never been life on the Moon.

The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following?

(A) We know that the spy is a traitor. We do not know that the general is a traitor. So the general is not a spy.
(B) If we have any mayonnaise, it would be in the refrigerator. But the refrigerator is almost empty. So it is unlikely that we have mayonnaise.
(C) Hendricks will win the election only if voters are concerned primarily with fighting crime. Hendricks is in favor of tougher criminal penalties. So voters will probably go with Hendricks.
(D) If rodents are responsible for the lost grain from last year’s harvest, we would find signs of rodents in the warehouses. And we have found signs of rodents there. So rodents are responsible for the lost grain.
(E) If their army is planning an attack, there would either be troop movements along the border or a transfer of weapons. But intelligence reports show no indication of either. So their army is not planning an attack.

CR Questions December - 26 :

Q1. A pattern of accidents, of personnel problems, and of low performance ratings for mechanical systems have marked the servicing and maintaining of the new power plant.

A. have marked the servicing and maintaining
B. have marked the servicing and maintenance
C. have marked the service and maintenance
D. has marked the service and maintaining
E. has marked the servicing and maintenance

Q2. Because he had not experienced any symptoms until adulthood and was affected by facial paralysis early on in the course of his illness, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose death was originally attributed to complications arising from polio, may actually have suffered from symptoms related to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

(A)Because he had not experienced any symptoms until adulthood and was affected by facial paralysis early on in the course of his illness
(B)Since he has experienced his symptoms in adulthood and has been affected by facial paralysis early on in the course of his illness
(C)Early on in the course of his illness he experienced facial paralysis and having not experienced any symptoms until adulthood
(D)Because he had not experienced any symptoms until adulthood, he had been affected by facial paralysis early on in the course of his illness
(E)Since he did not experience any symptoms until adulthood and had been affected by facial paralysis early on in the course of his illness

CR Questions December - 26 :

CR Butler Questions December - 26 :

Q1. The residents of the city of Tibica are supplied water by two local corporations: TMC (Tibica Municipal Corporation) and TWMC (TibicaWater Management Corporation). Under pressure from the government, TMC recently increased its supply of water to the city. Even though TWMC maintained its supply level, the residents complained that their overall supply of water has reduced. Therefore, it seems likely that

Which of the following statements best completes the above passage

A. In the recent past, the number of regions where the demand for water has increased has been greater than the number of regions where the demand for water has decreased.

B. In some areas of Tibica, the amount of water lost during distribution as a proportion of the amount of water supplied has increased

C. The complaints made by the residents of Tibica against the corporations that supply water are always driven more by perception than by ground realities.

D. TMWC, which used to supply water uniformly across the city, has rearranged its distribution such that TMWC’s water supply in an area is proportional only to the demand in that area

E. Even though TMC increased its supply of water to the city, it didn’t ensure that the supply was proportional to the demand.

Q2. Data related to the past 30 years reveals some interesting insights about the propensity of a country to go into a war. Over the past 30 years, the countries that maintained the highest military strengths were also more aggressively involved in a higher number of wars. Moreover, the likelihood of getting aggressively involved in a war increased for countries whose military strength increased significantly during this period. Since there was no major world-wide war phenomenon in the recent past, it is likely that an increased military strength causes the increase in aggressive behavior and the higher involvement in wars.

Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

A. The data doesn’t distinguish between the countries that were consistently involved in war and the countries that were involved in more wars during the beginning and end of the 30-year period.

B. Some countries cited in the data were rarely involved in any war

C. Data shows that none of the countries that had zero increase in military strength showed any increase in their involvement in wars.

D. Situations that trigger an increase in military strength such as political tensions with neighboring countries are also likely to increase a country’s propensity to become involved in wars.

E. Data related to some of these countries is available only for a partial duration out of the 30-year period

SC Butler Questions December - 27 :

Q1. iPhone, designed and marketed by Apple Inc., is more intuitive to use and thus more popular among masses, but providing fewer features than most of the Android phones - it does not have NFC technology and has only limited support for the 4G technology

A. iPhone, designed and marketed by Apple Inc., is more intuitive to use and thus more popular among masses, but providing

B. Designed and marketed by Apple Inc., iPhone is more intuitive to use and thus more popular among masses while providing

C. iPhone, more intuitive to use and thus more popular among masses, is designed and marketed by Apple Inc. though provides

D. iPhone, designed and marketed by Apple Inc., is more intuitive to use and is thus more popular among masses, but it provides

E. Designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and more intuitive to use, iPhone is more popular among masses and thus provides

Q2. The AMA has declared that auto-immune disease, a disorder most scientists agree that is caused by response to the invading pathogen by our immune system, will result in chronic disabling conditions and be the leading cause of death in women under 65.

A. a disorder most scientists agree that is caused by response to the invading pathogen by our immune system

B. a disorder most scientists agree to be caused by our immune system in responding to the invading pathogen

C. which most scientists agree on as a disorder caused by our immune system which responds to invading pathogens

D. which most scientists agree to be disorder caused by invading pathogens being responded to by our immune system

E. a disorder that most scientists agree is caused by our immune system’s response to the invading pathogen

what could be the answer??