Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

CR1 - C and CR 2 - C, whether anyone has tried?

CR Questions January - 12 :

Q1. The paintings of French painter Trianne Dejere sold best in the period following the production of La Triump now Dejere’s most famous piece. In the 12-month period preceding the unveiling of this piece, Dejere sold 57% of the works she produced in this period, a far greater percentage than in previous years. In the 12-month period following a glowing review of La Triumph in a popular magazine, however, Dejere sold 85% of the paintings she produced. Interestingly, Dejere’s revenue from painting sales was roughly the same in both periods, since she sold the same number of paintings in the 12 months before presenting La Triumph as she did in the 12 months following the favorable review.

Which of the following statements can be properly concluded from the passage, if the information above is true?


(A) Due to the positive review, Dejere was able to charge substantially more for the works produced after La Triumph than the works produced before it.

(B) Dejere was more concerned with positive reviews than with increasing the prices of her paintings.

(C) The positive review of La Triumph brought Dejere’s work to the attention of more art collectors than were previously aware of her work.

(D) Dejere painted fewer works in the 12-month period following the review of La Triumph than she had in the 12-month period preceding its unveiling.

(E) Dejere paid more attention to marketing her paintings after La Triumph received such a positive reception

Q2. Because of the rising costs of gasoline, a small bus company has decided to decrease the number of weekend trips it runs to a nearby metropolitan area by one third. It will not lose any riders, because the decreased number of trips is adequate for the existing number of weekend riders. The company will save substantially on fuel costs and will have one fewer driver working on weekends. Moreover, the bus company will continue to raise revenue through print advertising inside the bus and on the bus ’ s exterior.

Which of the following if true, provides the strongest evidence that the bus company ’ s profits are likely to decrease if the company implements the plan?

a) Many of the weekend riders would continue riding the bus even if the fare was increased.

b)Most of the advertisers will continue to spend the same amount on advertising per mile and the displaced weekend driver will not earn more by switching to a weekday route at the company.

c) The displaced weekend driver will earn the same salary driving on weekdays and the advertisers will increase their advertising on the weekend.

d) Maintenance costs per bus will remain constant.

e) The increased cost of fuel increases the operating costs of one round trip by twenty per cent.



Difficulty - Hard

I consistently perform well in the quantitative section with scores ranging from 50 to 51. However, I face significant challenges in the verbal section during exams. Despite having strong verbal skills that should enable me to score 32 or above, I find myself struggling to concentrate on the questions. During the exam, I tend to just read the questions without thoroughly analyzing them. I often get distracted, thinking about unrelated things, and end up with scores in the range of 20 to 25. My upcoming exam is just a week away, and I urgently need assistance to overcome these issues and improve my performance in the verbal section. Can someone please provide guidance or tips?

Hey are the questions in the GMAT Club verbal question bank official past GMAT exam questions or are they Made up?

@sathvik. When a verb-ing modifier is used to present the result of a clause(action) , does the doer of the action has to necessarily be the doer of the result as well?

Yes, but only when sentence is in active voice. In passive voice it’s not necessary.

@sathvik. Can you please take a look at this question?

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In the correct option, the doer of the action is "increasing demands" and the result is "robbing oysters of their flavor".
Can increasing demands "rob oysters"? Isn’t the alteration of the saline content doing the robbing?

of-the-two-proposals-for-solving-the-traffic-problems-on-main-street-269644.html, anyone pls help in deciding bw C and E ?

I encounters one of the most common problems of deciding bw two options in CR

What is altering the saline content ? It’s increasing demands. So the main action is taking place because of increase in demands.

Hii i am about to begin my gmat journey.... earlier i have seen that on gmatclub there was author search filter , now it has been removed and there are only unrecognized authors showing and i am not able to find recognized author like manhattan gmatexpert and gmatclub.. what should I do? should i practice from those unrecognized author or not ?

Whats the good source to start learning for verbal? i am targeting 685+ in focus edition.. i have started TTP quant so far.. i have around 25 more days until i take exam...

I can speak for tutorials but for practice, LSAT Q’s are the best and you can find em in this club

When confused between 2 options, take a look at what the scope of the argument is. The argument says A is better than B, because B’s supporters have their vested interests which might not be good for everyone. Option C says that A is better than B because A has xyz (but the argument said that A is better than B because of something related to B). Option E says exactly that

Oh okay!! I was not aware of that i need to make the exact structure of argument with options. Though C and E conveyed the same meaning initially (of A is better than B, because of some reason related to either A or B)

thanks

Sathvik02, When is your exam date?

I finished my test yesterday, but still had to face some technical difficulties again (test stopped due to address issues) . However I scored a decent 640 (Q-48, V-29). I have registered again on 31st January for my second and last attempt as I have never scored below V-36 in my mocks. Hope things will go smoot this time

Ouch. Good luck man =)