Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

Q1. Research indicates that college professors generally were raised in economically advantaged households. For it was discovered that, overall, college professors grew up in communities with average household incomes that were higher than the average household income for the nation as a whole.

The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument:


(A) inappropriately assumes a correlation between household income and economic advantage

(B) fails to note there are some communities with high average household incomes in which no college professors grew up

(C) presumes without justification that college professors generally were raised in households with incomes that are average or above average for their communities

(D) does not take into account the fact that college professors generally have lower salaries than their counterparts in the private sector

(E) fails to take into account the fact that many college professors live in rural communities which generally have low average household incomes




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Quasars---celestial objects so far away that their light takes at least 500 million years to reach Earth---have been seen since 1963. For anything that far away to appear from Earth the way quasars do, it would have to burn steadily at a rate that produces more light than 90 billion suns would produce. But nothing that burns at a rate that produces that much light could exist for more than about 100 million years.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?

A. Instruments in use before 1963 were not sensitive enough to permit quasars to be seen.

B. Light from quasars first began reaching Earth in 1963.

C. Anything that from Earth appears as bright as a quasar does must produce more light than would be produced by 90 billion suns.

D. Nothing that is as far from Earth as quasars are can continue to exist for more than about 100 million years.

E. No quasar that has ever been seen from Earth exists any longer.




Difficulty - Hard

(Must be true Q ) IMO E, from the premise we can conclude that quasar don’t exist more than 100 million years from earth and we may now be watching quasar’s last few years via the already emitted light from it.

Flawed reasoning, for example: Audi produces fuel efficient cars on average but that doesn’t mean its latest model will be a fuel efficient one. Hence, OA should be C.

SC Questions July - 2 :

Q1. Never before had a ruler amassed a larger empire by conquest as Alexander the Great had in a scant twelve years.


A) a larger empire by conquest as Alexander the Great had

B) a larger empire from conquest as Alexander the Great

C) so large an empire from conquest that Alexander the Great did

D) a larger empire by conquest than Alexander the Great amassed

E) so great an empire by conquest than Alexander the Great amassed




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. As a result of a new technique that combines light from two powerful telescopes, astronomers have recently identified the torus at the center of the active galactic nucleus NGC 1068 as a warm compact structure composed of dust and gas and measuring several light-years across.

a. measuring

b. measures

c. measured

d. it measured

e. is measuring




Difficulty - Hard

How do we know the correct answer though? Does it get shared at the end of the day?

Yes!, you can scroll up see winterschool has shared the OA for the previous questions and he will share the same for the recent ones too after some time.

You can also copy the QS and put it in the search box, you’ll get the answer as well as the forum discussion on the choices.

CR Questions July - 2 :

Q1. Economist: A country’s rapid emergence from an economic recession requires substantial new investment in that country’s economy. Since people’s confidence in the economic policies of their country is a precondition for any new investment, countries that put collective goals before individuals’ goals cannot emerge quickly from an economic recession.

Which one of the following, if assumed, enables the economist’s conclusion to be properly drawn?

(A) No new investment occurs in any country that does not emerge quickly from an economic recession.

(B) Recessions in countries that put collective goals before individuals’ goals tend not to affect the country’s people’s support for their government’s policies.

(C) If the people in a country that puts individuals’ goals first are willing to make new investments in their country’s economy, their country will emerge quickly from an economic recession.

(D) People in countries that put collective goals before individuals’ goals lack confidence in the economic policies of their countries.

(E) A country’s economic policies are the most significant factor determining whether that country’s economy will experience a recession.




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. David Spiegel stunned the world in 1989 when he revealed that certain therapy groups may help breast cancer patients live longer. These groups also seem to help them live better. So if you suffer from breast cancer there is a good chance that you can improve your life, and maybe even extend it, by joining a professionally led support/therapy group that uses Spiegel’s “supportive-expressive” model.

If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions is most strongly supported by them?

(A) It would be a good idea for cancer patients to be part of some support or therapy group.

(B) Being part of a support/therapy group increases a breast cancer patient’s desire to get better.

(C) One way of curing breast cancer is to make the patient join a support/therapy group.

(D) Being part of a support/therapy group can have beneficial effects for certain groups of people.

(E) Doctors recommend joining support/therapy groups as a means to alleviate the discomfort caused by breast cancer.




Difficulty - Hard

It cannot be C, because Conc is concerned with countries that put "Collective goal before Individual goals" and not the other way around. Choice C is focusing on Individual goals. In such questions, choices like C are the best trap answers. I will go with D.

SC Questions July - 3 :

Q1. Being unemployed can be difficult for anyone but, psychologists say, it is particularly challenging for recent college graduates, who often suffer anxiety and depression if they cannot find a job within one year after graduating.

(A) Being unemployed can be difficult for anyone but, psychologists say, it

(B) Being unemployed can be difficult for anyone, but psychologists say that it

(C) Unemployment can be difficult for anyone but, psychologists say, that it is

(D) Unemployment can be difficult for anyone but psychologists say it is

(E) Unemployment, which can be difficult for anyone, psychologists say is



Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Based on the softness of soil similar to other rivers , and variety of the area’s flora and fauna, geologists believe that an ancient river existed in the Palava - Dombivili Region.

a) Based on the softness of soil similar to other rivers

b) Based on the softness of soil similar to that of rivers

c) On the basis of softness of soil similar to that near rivers

d) Based on softness of soil similar to that near rivers

e) On the basis of soft soil like that near other rivers




Difficulty - Hard

Can someone please help with this question?
Especially C and D.
What is the difference between on the basis of and Based on?

Those who might have followed the SC series of GMAT ninja, would know that it is not required to retain the meaning of choice A, correct? But, what I observe in GMAT club questions is, that reason has been used to eliminate answer choices multiple times. Can anyone clarify?

Could someone please explain, why option C is wrong? ---- in-1958-jack-kilby-was-the-first-scientist-to-build-an-integrated-413483.html

Many GMATClub questions are unofficial. This means that they are GMAT-quality standards. It is entirely true that the GMAT does not believe in intended meaning. As they are unofficial (and in the case of SC, there are lot of low-quality unofficial questions), the questions won’t be the best.

For unofficial SC, I highly recommend Manhattan Prep, they are the best non-official. TTP is alright too, although theirs gets quite tricky

I will give my view on this.

The question i.e, option A should be the basis to understand what the author wants to convey. If the meaning makes sense but have grammatical errors then we must try to eliminate those errors by preserving the original meaning. On the other hand, if the meaning isn’t clear we should look into the options to understand the intent that the author wants to convey (needless to say, without grammatical errors).

Is there a way to find which questions are official and which are not in the gmat club question bank?

So, what if i have two options A and say D, both grammatically correct but different in meaning? --- what i observed in gmat club is they eliminate D for the reason tht it is different in meaning as compared to A (But then what i understood from gmat ninja is option A is not the actual meaning that author wishes to express and that each of the 5 options are to be tested)

If there arises such a situation, where two options are grammatically correct, I would go for the option which is logical and makes sense. At least, official GMAT questions will be strict on that point. In the end, it is meaning and logic over hard-core grammar. I am not sure about GMAT ninja saying not to go with the meaning from option A, so I cannot comment on that.