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100 Hardest and easiest questions for SC as of April 2026

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Sentence Correction Question Directory Topic and Difficulty

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Interestingly, a ripe yellow banana appears to glow blue under

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Nevernevergiveup

13 Aug 2016, 10:27

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12 Sep 2021, 08:02

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Like most other marsupial species and all other kangaroo species, the

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chesstitans

15 Dec 2017, 16:11

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23 Nov 2020, 02:48

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A recent research paper, submitted by a team of noted psychologists an

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23 Jun 2018, 20:55

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Being a United States Citizen since 1984 and born in Austria

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GMATMadeeasy

30 Apr 2010, 15:20

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22 Oct 2022, 03:08

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About 7,500 years ago a torrent of water poured through the Bosporus

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LordStark

01 Nov 2018, 09:46

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Shelly chuckled at the bedtime story of the ravenous troll

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mygmatjourney

31 Mar 2012, 06:59

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15 Dec 2020, 04:00

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Observing an apple fall from a tree, Newton came up with the assertion

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Bunuel

03 Nov 2020, 07:15

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11 Oct 2023, 01:27

A fifty-year accord signed in 1994 by the United States,

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aiming4mba

22 Jul 2010, 12:10

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14 Sep 2022, 10:31

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After the attack on the World Trade Center, the President ordered inte

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Bunuel

30 Aug 2018, 01:56

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09 Jan 2021, 07:16

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Despite inflation expectations, allocations to alternative

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PrashantPonde

07 Jan 2013, 20:31

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by: CrackverbalGMAT

27 Feb 2021, 23:04

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Psycholinguistics uses "garden path sentences," which

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kinjiGC

26 Oct 2014, 10:31

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+HOT Competition 3 Sep/8AM: Unlike most gynodioecious plants, the male

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Bunuel

03 Sep 2020, 08:00

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16 Apr 2023, 21:12

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Around the World in 80 Questions (Day 4): The difference in critical

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Bunuel

20 Jul 2023, 08:00

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14 Apr 2025, 07:34

Having accepted the invitation for tonight's opera at the Disney Hall,

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Bakhtiyor

29 Oct 2013, 03:30

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04 Feb 2024, 04:40

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Kererū pigeons, of the species Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae, which won th

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Bunuel

01 Apr 2020, 06:34

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23 Jul 2023, 07:32

Alice doesn’t really like to eat vegetables, but she ate a little peas

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atulmogha

21 May 2017, 05:24

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30 Jul 2020, 10:32

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Computational analyses of data is used for the construction

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SaraiYaseenGMAT

13 Jun 2010, 02:31

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Competing for market control, a large percentage of corporations' annu

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A career in the medical profession which requires an enormous inve

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generis

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The best way to encourage innovative thinking is not to promise financ

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Bunuel

01 Oct 2020, 09:18

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11 Oct 2020, 04:39

The information presented in the most recent reports indicate that tur

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gmatgames

28 Sep 2020, 23:24

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by: yashikaaggarwal

29 Sep 2020, 13:09

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While high oil prices may be problematic for some trucking

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doe007

09 May 2013, 03:58

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02 Jul 2020, 03:00

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In the mid-fifth century, Rome was threatened by Hunnish troops who

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Bunuel

21 Jun 2014, 00:26

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04 Dec 2023, 02:25

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If one string is half the length of another, then the pitch that is pr

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generis

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21 Aug 2023, 02:59

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Although swimming can cause cramps in a swimmer’s legs or feet, they c

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09 May 2022, 04:45

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The problem with the traditional view of stegosaurs is that

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getgyan

07 May 2018, 08:16

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Samurai warriors of ancient Japan were expected to be expert combatant

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08 May 2018, 23:29

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21 Aug 2023, 12:57

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In New York today, Italians account for more than 14 percent

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27 Jan 2014, 14:32

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In fine lacquering, which is an ornamentation process,

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maglian

20 Mar 2019, 10:05

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14 Mar 2023, 11:02

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An automobile’s transmission allows for both wheel rotation rates lowe

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aragonn

14 Sep 2018, 20:43

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15 Apr 2023, 00:35

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Researchers have found that the human body can use protein derived fro

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malkov

06 Jan 2019, 04:16

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06 Jan 2019, 04:19

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When a corporation exploits loopholes in financial regulations in orde

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generis

25 Jul 2020, 22:52

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People with schizophrenia experience miscarriages at a higher rate of

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Explaining that one of its many difficulties had been the recently gro

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02 May 2023, 08:34

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Considered one of the most intelligent of the New World monkeys

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generis

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The latest review of pay scales in a particular company show

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ARASHFRX

11 Nov 2012, 12:14

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28 Nov 2022, 06:38

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Thought to be either symbolic or accurate descriptions archaeologists

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Uses of the irrational number e in fields other than pure mathematics

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Although Babylonian scholars were remarkable observers of human illnes

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In the most bizarre court case this month, the judge ruled that two pi

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12 Oct 2015, 00:55

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In the recent incidents of gang violence, it is the fact that innocent

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The process of image processing is the method by which image

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Vercules

12 Feb 2013, 01:34

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30 Aug 2020, 02:34

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Why painting the face and perfuming the body should have persisted

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vivek123

12 Dec 2005, 02:16

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13 Oct 2023, 23:36

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Reticulated pythons number among a thousand or so species of the world

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nelz007

18 Nov 2012, 05:36

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03 Sep 2022, 05:05

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Many doctors warn patients that if traditional methods for diagnosis a

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Tridhipal

03 Feb 2018, 19:48

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02 Aug 2023, 14:16

While arts management programs and other similar courses are often

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21 Oct 2017, 08:29

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22 Jul 2023, 01:25

In 1994 agreements existed between Canada and several

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getgyan

08 Oct 2012, 03:42

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03 Jul 2021, 09:04

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While animals as different as birds of prey and praying mantises

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generis

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04 Dec 2023, 10:11

Obesity is more common among American teenagers now than

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