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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 2026

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Palladium prices have soared, with Russia restricting exports and

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BillyZ

21 Jun 2018, 04:13

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Although early soap operas were first aired on evening radio in the 19

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02 Jun 2021, 08:24

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During an ice age, the buildup of ice at the poles and the drop in wat

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ashkg

22 Sep 2019, 04:57

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Based on the 4 percent reduction of science and mathematics teachers

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09 Aug 2019, 23:58

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Despite its covering the entire planet, Earth has a crust that is not

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betterscore

16 Jun 2021, 02:40

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Collection of 1029 SC Official questions from OG & VR from 2015-21

Gmatisking

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Citizens of countries just beginning to institute market economies

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jooyoung99

10 Mar 2018, 20:50

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Under the guise of promoting a conservative agenda, many a modern day

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19 Sep 2016, 00:20

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As criminal activity on the Internet becomes more and more sophisticat

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shadowfax1

12 Jun 2021, 06:52

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03 Jul 2025, 13:11

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The continental United States receives an average of 30 inches of

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mikeCoolBoy

06 Jun 2021, 15:30

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02 Jul 2025, 13:35

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A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to

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vannu

23 Jul 2021, 14:18

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02 Jul 2025, 13:09

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Marconi’s conception of the radio was as a substitute for the telephon

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marine

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Camus broke with Sartre in a bitter dispute over the nature of

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generis

22 Nov 2018, 10:04

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02 Jul 2025, 07:02

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Camille Claudet worked continuously through the 1880’s and early 1890’

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gmataspirant2009

03 Jan 2019, 08:39

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02 Jul 2025, 06:34

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The huge earthquake that occurred in Chile in 1960, had a

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tarek99

07 Oct 2008, 07:44

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01 Jul 2025, 12:46

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While it costs about the same to run nuclear plants as other types of

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macjas

13 Jun 2021, 14:05

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Nearly 2000 years after its initial construction, the United Nations

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Bull78

05 Oct 2018, 00:30

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Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is

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WinWinMBA

03 May 2022, 01:24

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Polio, although it is eradicated in the United States, it continues el

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MHIKER

14 Jul 2021, 01:42

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A professor at the university has taken a sabbatical to research on

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Heating oil and natural gas futures rose sharply yesterday, as long-te

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Bunuel

20 Jun 2018, 21:30

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29 Jun 2025, 06:21

Computerization and modern methods of managing voter registration have

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avohden

18 Dec 2018, 01:56

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Princess Diana’s dresses set the standard for all fashion houses in Eu

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Bunuel

01 Aug 2019, 02:33

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For years, the Ptolemaic view of a geocentric universe

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navigator123

02 Apr 2017, 03:21

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A local association of artisans and craftsmen has organized

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anon1

20 Nov 2012, 22:36

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Over his 65-year life span, Hughes, one of America’s most enduring wri

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SunShine

28 Dec 2005, 09:58

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With government funding for the arts dwindling, even major orchestras

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samark

19 Oct 2010, 20:41

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Taking note of the success of local farmers’ markets, the university’s

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agdimple333

28 Jun 2011, 22:53

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25 Jun 2025, 16:10

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Contrary to the scholarly wisdom of the 1950’s and early 1960’s that

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udaymathapati

21 Jul 2021, 07:45

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25 Jun 2025, 10:54

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Some museums regard themselves as keepers rather than owners of art

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Bunuel

16 Jul 2018, 01:45

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Socrates could have fled from Athens after he was sentenced to death

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macca

17 Aug 2019, 05:43

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22 Jun 2025, 23:27

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The features of the floor of the Kasei Valles on Mars look j

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monirjewel

11 Nov 2013, 22:46

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22 Jun 2025, 04:46

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The board is so accustomed to working independently that

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vwjetty

14 Oct 2010, 14:20

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Written early in the French Revolution, Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindic

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AbdurRakib

20 Jul 2021, 00:53

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The Commerce Department announced that the economy grew during the

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kman

04 Nov 2019, 04:53

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In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of

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jpv

07 Oct 2023, 01:42

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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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Prateekj05

07 Dec 2018, 15:35

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14 Jun 2025, 08:19

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Tropical forests may dry out and become vulnerable to devastating

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Abhi077

28 Nov 2020, 19:46

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Not until Hammurabi’s Code was enacted, had a government granted the

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daagh

03 Oct 2018, 04:25

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Ozone, a special form of oxygen that screens out harmful ultraviolet

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arorag

30 Nov 2018, 02:03

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14 Jun 2025, 06:01

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The Limon Dance Company believes that, since the death of Jose Limon

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Bunuel

17 Jan 2019, 01:49

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Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological trait

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sondenso

30 Nov 2018, 04:08

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14 Jun 2025, 03:37

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Besides yielding such psychological rewards as relief from stress

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doggita

21 Oct 2018, 00:41

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13 Jun 2025, 11:39

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Because paper of all kinds is the biggest single component of municipa

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sagarsabnis

30 Aug 2019, 05:12

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13 Jun 2025, 11:01

If I were he, I would lay that manuscript on the sofa and keep it away

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vasurajiv

11 Oct 2018, 20:38

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13 Jun 2025, 00:38

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Trans World Entertainment Corporation, which owns the Record Town and

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singh_amit19

03 Aug 2021, 02:26

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13 Jun 2025, 00:22

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The use of gravity waves, which do not interact with matter in the way

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Curly05

12 Jul 2021, 04:14

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12 Jun 2025, 11:04

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Although Ms. Bakara had previously emphasized that she could not speak

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Bunuel

10 Jan 2019, 05:29

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10 Jun 2025, 10:27

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As well as heat and light, the Sun is the source of a continuous strea

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tejal777

16 Jun 2021, 13:24

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