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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of June 2026

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By confronting a devastated economy through actions such as creating t

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18 Jun 2021, 08:00

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Despite the influx of international aid to a particularly war-torn reg

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The people of the ancient Assyrian Empire were renowned warriors, alth

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Though Frank Lloyd Wright is best remembered today because of bold des

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21 Jan 2019, 21:43

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Though it is now universally accepted that William Shakespeare was a

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24 Mar 2019, 03:17

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Over the course of three decades spent as a field veterinarian

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02 Jun 2022, 23:01

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Jan Micker’s 1652 masterwork Bird’s Eye View of Amsterdam, which had

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01 Sep 2021, 07:11

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Benford’s Law, stating that certain numbers appear more often in

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06 Aug 2015, 04:33

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THe reason I came late to class today is because the bus

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30 Mar 2005, 15:28

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Production of the Ford Model T, which was colloquially known as the

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22 May 2018, 11:54

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25 Aug 2023, 13:43

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People with schizophrenia experience miscarriages at a higher rate of

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25 Mar 2016, 13:54

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Stymieing the Armadas plans to meet up with the Duke of

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rphardu

03 Jul 2021, 07:20

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25 Aug 2023, 12:35

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The Iroquois organized their kinship groups into matriarchal clans,

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27 Jul 2016, 07:05

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25 Aug 2023, 09:06

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In contrast to accredited universities that can grant degrees and whos

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31 Jul 2018, 06:47

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Scientists are increasingly descending upon the small town

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macjas

11 Jun 2012, 21:58

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Rejecting the apprenticeship model of training social workers in phila

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The zoologist now believes that a recently located band of gorillas ha

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14 May 2021, 14:31

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In keeping with her commitment to her Christian faith, Sojourner Truth

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Aerugo, also known as verdigris, is the green "bloom" visible on many

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However much parents in Johannson's district may agree that the instru

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31 Jul 2018, 05:37

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A supermoon, which is the full or new moon that occurs when the moon

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18 Sep 2014, 08:27

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There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in

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States now have an incentive to lower the blood alcohol level

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The causal link between overexposure to aluminum and

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Agencies studying discrimination in housing have

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The data collected by weather airplanes that fly into the heart of a

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03 Nov 2019, 02:18

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Because its military is larger and more technologically sophisticated

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11 Jun 2012, 08:11

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Unlike lions and tigers, which can be roaring by causing its hyoid bon

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25 Feb 2015, 09:53

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Like in 2004, car sales to first-time buyers as often, if not more oft

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Unlike Mozart, whose funeral was sparsely attended being buried in an

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25 Feb 2015, 09:24

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In the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the refusal

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Like many of his contemporaries did, Bob Dylan wrote songs that became

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30 Jun 2019, 23:59

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Because a surfeit of undergraduate students has sent class sizes soari

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Glaciologists believe that tine frozen corpse recently found in a melt

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To compare the lightning-fast genius of playwright Tom Stoppard with

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According to anthropologists, the use of human language

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20 Oct 2012, 09:53

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Among the important themes that characterize Chinese history are the p

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When housing prices climb too quickly, the Federal Reserve often respo

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Undergoing a gastric bypass is to commit to a new lifestyle not only b

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The Federal Republic of Brazil achieved independence in 1822, became a

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souvik101990

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Hailed as a key discovery in the science of evolution, the fossils of

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ArvGMAT

14 May 2018, 06:12

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Given its authoritative coverage of other science topics, the textbook

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Discouraged by new data that show increases in toxic emissions from

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18 Jan 2016, 09:00

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Since the last election, the lobbying effort initiated by environmenta

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14 Sep 2022, 04:23

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Though looking less distinctive than many of their highly sought-

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03 Apr 2020, 05:24

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Covered with snow, John could not enter his car.

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Bunuel

05 Nov 2021, 06:00

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22 Aug 2023, 22:38

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A higher interest rate is only one of the factors, albeit an important

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x2suresh

18 Jun 2021, 15:04

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22 Aug 2023, 20:58

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Medical researchers, who have identified a genetic abnormality in pare

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14 Aug 2018, 01:56

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22 Aug 2023, 20:34

Bronson Alcott believed it immoral to work for wages or to own propert

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