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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of March 2026

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Sentence Correction Question Directory Topic and Difficulty

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Geologists have found that streams in the Karoo basin of Sou

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ksung84

13 Aug 2013, 12:13

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The Arthritis Research Institute of America advises women of color

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KC

05 Jun 2018, 05:32

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20 Jan 2023, 05:53

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Eating saltwater fish may significantly reduce the risk of heart attac

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mbunny

25 Jun 2007, 09:18

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08 Oct 2023, 10:03

According to Booker T. Whatleys recent analysis, planting the same cro

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helpmeongmat

19 Dec 2018, 06:26

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Descending approximately 4,000 years ago from the African wildcat, it

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mandald

29 Mar 2019, 01:02

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01 Jan 2026, 11:37

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Planned reduction in orders for components for the iPhone 5 is

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egmat

30 Mar 2016, 04:24

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28 Aug 2023, 07:55

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Unlike Schoenberg's 12-tone system that dominated the music

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jordibenhi

28 Oct 2019, 02:39

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20 Sep 2024, 07:03

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The preliminary agreement to what was to be ...

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avohden

13 Oct 2013, 20:41

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10 Apr 2026, 04:04

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In Japan, a government advisory committee called for the breakup of Ni

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metallicafan

31 Jul 2019, 23:07

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21 Nov 2023, 10:09

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To many critics, it seems strange for Ms. Tramonivic, 72, the legendar

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riderofthestorm

10 Dec 2018, 10:12

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05 Aug 2023, 06:46

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Researchers have announced that the magnetic fields emitted by one

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mymba99

13 May 2008, 07:22

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22 Apr 2023, 01:44

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a late nineteenth-century feminist, called

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rakesh22

25 Jul 2018, 05:58

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22 Feb 2025, 20:53

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For many travelers, charter vacations often turn out to cost considera

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chalven

01 Aug 2009, 10:42

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by: sayan640

20 Dec 2023, 23:35

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Nowhere in Prakta is the influence of modern European architecture

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hisharma

06 Aug 2019, 00:11

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03 May 2023, 04:06

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One in five Americans who work shorter hours at their job in order to

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jubilee777

13 Dec 2013, 10:48

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by: EducationAisle

02 Jul 2023, 02:11

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In South Korea in the early 2000s, growth in the nation’s ten largest

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souvik101990

18 Oct 2018, 04:29

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05 Jul 2023, 06:36

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Examples of "tulipomania," a term coined from the tulip craze of the

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JCLEONES

26 Jun 2021, 11:40

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20 Sep 2023, 10:54

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At the beginning of the year, the city allocated $150 million to cover

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RaviChandra

03 Dec 2019, 05:32

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30 Dec 2023, 06:42

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Where once the union had acquiesced to the prejudices of its English

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neeshpal

16 May 2019, 03:39

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19 Jul 2023, 23:17

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After crude oil, natural gas is the United States second biggest fuel

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abhi758

07 Nov 2018, 02:55

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04 May 2023, 23:24

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Coffee prices rose sharply Monday, posting their biggest one-day gain

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Gnpth

04 Jul 2016, 04:17

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27 Nov 2023, 04:30

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The emerging field of architectural climatology centers on t

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blueseas

01 Jul 2013, 18:11

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20 Jun 2023, 04:03

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Freedmans survey showed that people living in small towns and rural

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ugimba

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12 Jul 2013, 09:57

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by: jonathonsapp

18 Sep 2024, 23:22

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The complex tax dispute between the Covered Bridge Mall and Harris Tow

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iced_tea

07 Nov 2018, 03:53

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17 Nov 2023, 12:20

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By choosing glass apartments towering a hundred feet over

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Orange08

07 Aug 2017, 22:18

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01 Mar 2023, 07:52

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Noting that the price of oil and other fuel components, a major factor

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vikrantgulia

19 Nov 2013, 13:08

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15 Nov 2023, 08:03

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Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a

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freetheking

13 Oct 2018, 08:45

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28 Nov 2023, 18:37

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In the English-Speaking world Anton Chekhov is by far better

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hfbamafan

18 Jun 2018, 08:45

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18 Nov 2023, 15:17

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While they remove carbon dioxide from the air, conserve soil

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chandru42

21 Sep 2009, 18:01

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25 Dec 2023, 12:10

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Unlike conventional thinking that early tribes of Apache had reached

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daagh

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19 Apr 2023, 23:18

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President Clinton spent significant money on the No Child

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egmat

05 Feb 2013, 16:46

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08 Sep 2023, 22:55

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Balding is much more common among White males than males of other race

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seekmba

02 Apr 2010, 08:46

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04 Apr 2025, 12:13

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After gradual declension down to about 39 hours in 1970, the

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sirrock

09 Dec 2019, 03:35

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03 Jul 2023, 05:44

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Although the lesser cornstalk borer is widely distributed, control of

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25 Feb 2025, 07:41

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Before learning how to make a synthetic growth hormone, scientists had

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ToponepercentGMAT

14 Nov 2017, 07:07

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by: KarishmaB

28 Apr 2023, 00:04

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"So much as" vs "As much as"

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30 Jul 2016, 05:28

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03 Sep 2024, 06:17

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Competition in the mid-nineteenth century by large western farms gradu

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aquabio

23 Jul 2018, 07:31

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18 Jun 2025, 03:05

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Birds known as honeyguides exhibit a unique pattern of behavior: the b

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aurobindo

30 Aug 2017, 08:05

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08 Dec 2023, 09:58

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"Being" - Really the "black sheep" in the GMAT family?

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egmat

15 Jan 2014, 13:24

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After July, anyone disposing of or servicing refrigerators must captur

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leeye84

02 Dec 2018, 02:02

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Trees inherit from their parent trees not only physical features and a

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eybrj2

04 Apr 2012, 14:26

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by: Raman109

05 Dec 2023, 13:05

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When Congress reconvenes, some newly elected members from rural states

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bmwhype2

12 Dec 2019, 05:39

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09 Mar 2023, 04:33

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As U.S. nuclear attack submarines prowl their familiar haunts deep wit

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ssandeepan

25 Jun 2021, 00:32

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01 Dec 2023, 20:48

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Whereas heat transferred between the ocean and the atmosphere occurs

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mikeCoolBoy

25 Nov 2009, 09:57

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25 Oct 2023, 00:14

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Despite the Puritan sumptuary laws prohibiting the wearing of bright

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generis

30 Apr 2022, 02:48

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by: GMATNinja

26 Apr 2023, 13:32

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Although no proof yet exists of electromagnetic fields generated by

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nitya34

21 Mar 2009, 11:08

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07 Mar 2022, 16:17

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Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remem

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acer2knight

13 Nov 2019, 08:22

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07 Dec 2022, 22:31

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The commission acknowledged that no amount of money or staff members

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acer2knight

03 Apr 2023, 01:21

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by: vivek1810971

05 Jul 2023, 11:18

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The Scandinavian assault on western Europe culminated in the

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mun23

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29 Jul 2023, 12:43

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