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Hello Guys I just prepared for gmat last 3 months and i havemy exam in 2 days, Need advise to get about atleast 565 in 1st attempt

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Hello Guys I just prepared for gmat last 3 months and i havemy exam in 2 days, Need advise to get about atleast 565 in 1st attempt. Should i give little bit more time ton 1st 12 question on quant, Verbal and DI?

Hey there, before any advise could you please let us know if you have give any official mocks ? if yes, what are your scores there ? I’d highly recommend you to relax now and take rest properly, as you have exam in just 2 days. All the best!

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Hello by when does score are made available if it has underwent security review?

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Hello by when does score are made available if it has underwent security review?

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In a group, 95% members speak English, 85% speak French, 80% speak German, and 90% speak Spanish. What is the maximum possible percentage of members in the group who may speak all the four languages?

A. 20
B. 50
C. 80
D. 85
E. 100

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The following shows the liking pattern of members of a club.

50 like pizza.
70 like burger.
45 like salad.
25 like pizza and burger.
30 like burger and salad.
20 like pizza and salad.
10 like all three.
5 like none of the three.

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C. 110
D. 120
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Those who practice cross-training while recovering from feet injury spend more time on their feet than those who do not. Even accounting for disparities in the severity of the injuries, those who practice cross-training heal faster than do those who do not. This is puzzling because an injured body part that is put into regular use typically heals slower than one that is allowed to rest.

Which of the following, if true, best resolves the apparent discrepancy described in the passage?

A. Spending time on their feet increases the patients’ blood flow to feet, causing the injured feet muscles to absorb more of the nutrients needed to heal.
B. Cross-training increases the patients’ confidence, encouraging them to start walking.
C. Increased activity leads to an increased demand for nutrients needed to heal injuries.
D. Cross-training does not increase the recovery rate of middle-aged individuals, if they had not undergone cross-training before.
E. Those recovering from feet injury need more rest than those recovering from other injuries do.

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An anthropological survey in the Vashland peninsula unearthed fragments of fossilized wood and pieces of sharpened flint dating back two million years. Analysis of the findings showed that the flint had been sharpened by striking it with quartzite, the most common type of stone in the Vashland peninsula.

Which of the following, if true, would, taken into consideration with the above information, provide the best basis for the claim that the flint and wood fragments are proof that early hominids used relatively complex stone and wood tools?

A. The quartzite is used as a building material by the present-day inhabitants of Vashland peninsula.
B. Landslides can cause flint to be struck by quartzite.
C. The flint and wood fragments were found in several discrete layers of metamorphic stone that contained fossilized traces of plant resin known to have been used as an adhesive agent by early hominids.
D. Apart from the Vashland discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used relatively complex stone and wood tools as early as one million years ago.
E. The flint fragments were analyzed by anthropologists to determine the exact area of the Vashland peninsula they had been mined from.

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The hotel manager divided the freshly vacated rooms for cleaning, equally among 10 housekeepers with none left over. 10 rooms were then vacated ahead of time and in response, the manager redivided all freshly vacated rooms equally among 12 housekeepers, with no rooms left over. How many freshly vacated rooms were there before 10 rooms were vacated ahead of time?

(1) Before the 10 rooms were vacated ahead of time, there were more than 100 freshly vacated rooms.
(2) Before the 10 rooms were vacated ahead of time, there were fewer than 180 freshly vacated rooms.

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If the highest observation in the set S is 4 standard deviations above the mean and the lowest observation in the set is 5 standard deviations below the mean, what is the standard deviation of the set?

(1) The mean of the set is 24.
(2) The range of the set S is 72.

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The ratio of alcohol and water in solution A is 2:3; the ratio of the same in solution B is 3:2. If A and B are mixed, which of the following may be the percentage of alcohol in the resultant solution?

I. 40%
II. 50%
III. 60%

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III

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In a shipment of toys, 40 toys were found defective. However, 20% of the defective toys were not identified. If there were a total of 200 toys in the shipment, what was the percentage of defective toys in the shipment?

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When it comes to purity standards in the food industry, demanding the most exacting results that the best hygiene practices can achieve is unwise. Although contemporary hygiene practices can isolate and eliminate the most minute amounts of impurities, doing so is exorbitantly expensive, with respect to the improvement achieved. Thus, it would be more reliable to set standards by accounting for all current and future risks involved than by demanding the best hygiene practices

The argument given concerning the better way to set standards assumes that

A. at present, the food industry meets the standards established by public health authorities
B. the only impurities worth gauging are introduced by the food industry
C. all of the relevant risks posed by allowing different levels of impurities can be accounted for effectively
D. preventing vast quantities of impurities from entering the food supply chain is not expensive
E. minuscule amounts of some impurities can be toxic

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Non-capitalist states appear to suffer economic collapse much sooner than do capitalist states. Historians theorize that it is interventionism and destabilizing influences exercised by capitalist states that lead to non-capitalist states suffering economic collapse faster than capitalist states do. This theory is hard to verify directly, as it is difficult to pinpoint with any significant accuracy what punitive practices have been undertaken by capitalist states against non-capitalist ones. A detailed study of Cuba, a non-capitalist state, however, demonstrates that much of the economic difficulty experienced by the nation arises from sanctions and trade embargoes placed by the USA, a capitalist state. This indicates that the historians’ theory has a firm basis in reality.

In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?

A. The first describes a position opposed by the argument; the second presents evidence that undermines support for the opposed position.
B. The first describes a position opposed by the argument; the second states the argument’s main conclusion.
C. The first presents an explanatory hypothesis; the second states the argument’s main conclusion.
D. The first presents an explanatory hypothesis; the second presents evidence that supports alternative explanation.
E. The first presents an explanatory hypothesis; the second presents evidence that tends to support this hypothesis.

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Did Sanna save at least 20 percent higher last month than what she did the previous month?

(1) Sanna’s income last month was 20 percent greater than her income in the previous month.
(2) Sanna’s expenses last month were 10 percent greater than her expenses in the previous month.

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Once all applicants were sorted into groups of 6, for group discussions, 2 were left over. If there were more than 40 but fewer than 70 applicants, how many applicants were there?

(1) If all the applicants had been sorted into groups of 5, there would have been none left over.
(2) If all the applicants had been sorted into groups of 7, there would have been 1 left over.

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