The Hardest GMAT Official RC Passages of all time

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?mode=view&id=62110 The Hardest GMAT Official RC Passages of all time Hello Everyone! We have spent a handsome number of hours creating this thread, we went through all approximately 270+ available GMAT Official RC passages and found these passages the hardest among the available, we have compiled a table thinking it could be helpful for the aspirants trying to be high achievers. If you think you can deal with RC passages easily then be prepared and challenge yourself to ace these RC passages. Good Luck 2.jpg The Hardest Official GMAT RC Passages of all time No.# Passage Source 1 The impressionist painters expressly disavowed any GMAC Paper Test 2 Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea GMAC Paper Test 3 When A. Philip Randolph assumed the leadership GMAC Paper Test 4 Behind every book review there are two key GMAT Advanced 5 Despite their many differences of temperament GMAT Advanced 6 Recent feminist scholarship concerning the United GMAT Advanced 7 Since the early 1970’s, historians have begun to GMAT Prep 8 The ultimate pendulum clock, indeed the ultimate GMAT Prep 9 In a 1984 book, Claire C. Robertson argued GMAT Prep 10 Correspondences were a method of thought and GMAT Prep 11 The brain contributes to the adaptive success GMAT Prep 12 In mid-February 1917 a women’s movement GMAT Prep 13 Over the last 150 years, large stretches of GMAT Prep 14 Although the industrial union organizations that GMAT Prep 15 Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring records GMAT Prep 16 Historians sometimes forget that history is continually Official Guide 17 In Winters v. United States (1908), the Supreme Court Official Guide 18 Jacob Burckhardt’s view that Renaissance European Official Guide 19 Nearly a century ago, biologists found that if they Official Guide 20 Because the framers of the United States Constitution Official Guide 21 When asteroids collide, some collisions cause Official Guide 22 It is an odd but indisputable fact that the Official Guide 23 Conodonts, the spiky phosphatic remains Official Guide 24 Most attempts by physicists to send particles Official Guide 25 Antonia Castañeda has utilized scholarship from Official Guide 26 Micro-wear patterns found on the teeth of Official Guide 27 In current historiography, the picture of a Official Guide 28 A review of the treatment of female characters Official Guide 29 Barbara Strozzi was a singer and composer of Official Guide 30 The antigen-antibody immunological reaction Official Guide 31 Labeling Zora Neale Hurston "a writer of the Official Guide 32 Photography in Europe was largely guided by GMAT Prep 33 As the economic role of multinational, global GMAT Prep 34 Changes in the volume of unemployment are Official Guide 35 The discoveries of the white dwarf, the neutron star Official Guide 36 In strongly territorial birds such as the indigo bunting Official Guide 37 Australian researchers have discovered electroreceptors Official Guide 38 Economists coined the term vertical specialization in 2001 GMAT Prep (Focus) 39 Wine connoisseurs expect their beverage to be bottled in GMAT Prep (Focus) 40 Many policymakers adopt macro approach to environmental GMAT Prep (Focus) 41 In 1960, historian Clement Eaton argued that in the pre-Civil GMAT Prep (Focus) 42 Mathematical principles of probability entail that for any GMAT Prep (Focus) 43 Between 1995 and 2005, the North Atlantic averaged 4.1 GMAT Prep (Focus) 44 Galaxy clusters are vast groups of galaxies. Extremely hot, GMAT Prep (Focus) 45 Scientists have discovered a remarkable undersea field of hot GMAT Prep (Focus) 46 Frederick Snyder proposed the idea that rapid eye movement GMAT Prep (Focus) 47 The effects of climate change are coming into sharper GMAT Prep (Focus) 48 Hurricane forecasters have difficulty determining GMAT Prep (Focus) 49 Scientists have long assumed that Antarctic ice sheets are GMAT Prep (Focus)

MBAB123 · Answer

Sajjad1994  this is awesome. Quick silly question though, the GMAC paper tests are different than the 6 GMAT prep tests right?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Yes! they are different, paper tests are older version.

MBAB123 · Answer

Hey  Sajjad1994 , is the 2nd passage (Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea) an official passage? Few experts have commented that the passage is from the LSAT. The source tagged is  1000 Series .

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Yes this is an official GMAT question from GMAT Paper based test.

PS: There are multiple GMAT official questions from OG that are also a part of RC 1000 series.

a191291r · Answer

Do any of these questions appear in Official Mocks #3-6 ?
Asking because I plan to attempt the mocks so I don't want to see any familiar questions there.

Sajjad1994 · Answer

I am not sure but I think passages from GMAT Prep can appear in Official mocks.

Legallyblond · Answer

have you updated them with the new content?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Hello Legallyblond

We have a few similar editions later on. You may like them too.

1. 100 Hardest RCs 
 2. 20 Hardest RCs of 2024

Best.

Legallyblond · Answer

Hello can you please update these with focus edition?

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Hi,

This is great idea, i will update it.

Thank you!

Sajjad1994 · Answer

Update!

12 more RC passages from GMAT Prep (Focus) have been added to the list, bringing the total number of passages to 49.

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The Hardest Official GMAT RC Passages of all time
No.#	Passage	Source
1	The impressionist painters expressly disavowed any	GMAC Paper Test
2	Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea	GMAC Paper Test
3	When A. Philip Randolph assumed the leadership	GMAC Paper Test
4	Behind every book review there are two key	GMAT Advanced
5	Despite their many differences of temperament	GMAT Advanced
6	Recent feminist scholarship concerning the United	GMAT Advanced
7	Since the early 1970’s, historians have begun to	GMAT Prep
8	The ultimate pendulum clock, indeed the ultimate	GMAT Prep
9	In a 1984 book, Claire C. Robertson argued	GMAT Prep
10	Correspondences were a method of thought and	GMAT Prep
11	The brain contributes to the adaptive success	GMAT Prep
12	In mid-February 1917 a women’s movement	GMAT Prep
13	Over the last 150 years, large stretches of	GMAT Prep
14	Although the industrial union organizations that	GMAT Prep
15	Dendrochronology, the study of tree-ring records	GMAT Prep
16	Historians sometimes forget that history is continually	Official Guide
17	In Winters v. United States (1908), the Supreme Court	Official Guide
18	Jacob Burckhardt’s view that Renaissance European	Official Guide
19	Nearly a century ago, biologists found that if they	Official Guide
20	Because the framers of the United States Constitution	Official Guide
21	When asteroids collide, some collisions cause	Official Guide
22	It is an odd but indisputable fact that the	Official Guide
23	Conodonts, the spiky phosphatic remains	Official Guide
24	Most attempts by physicists to send particles	Official Guide
25	Antonia Castañeda has utilized scholarship from	Official Guide
26	Micro-wear patterns found on the teeth of	Official Guide
27	In current historiography, the picture of a	Official Guide
28	A review of the treatment of female characters	Official Guide
29	Barbara Strozzi was a singer and composer of	Official Guide
30	The antigen-antibody immunological reaction	Official Guide
31	Labeling Zora Neale Hurston "a writer of the	Official Guide
32	Photography in Europe was largely guided by	GMAT Prep
33	As the economic role of multinational, global	GMAT Prep
34	Changes in the volume of unemployment are	Official Guide
35	The discoveries of the white dwarf, the neutron star	Official Guide
36	In strongly territorial birds such as the indigo bunting	Official Guide
37	Australian researchers have discovered electroreceptors	Official Guide
38	Economists coined the term vertical specialization in 2001	GMAT Prep (Focus)
39	Wine connoisseurs expect their beverage to be bottled in	GMAT Prep (Focus)
40	Many policymakers adopt macro approach to environmental	GMAT Prep (Focus)
41	In 1960, historian Clement Eaton argued that in the pre-Civil	GMAT Prep (Focus)
42	Mathematical principles of probability entail that for any	GMAT Prep (Focus)
43	Between 1995 and 2005, the North Atlantic averaged 4.1	GMAT Prep (Focus)
44	Galaxy clusters are vast groups of galaxies. Extremely hot,	GMAT Prep (Focus)
45	Scientists have discovered a remarkable undersea field of hot	GMAT Prep (Focus)
46	Frederick Snyder proposed the idea that rapid eye movement	GMAT Prep (Focus)
47	The effects of climate change are coming into sharper	GMAT Prep (Focus)
48	Hurricane forecasters have difficulty determining	GMAT Prep (Focus)
49	Scientists have long assumed that Antarctic ice sheets are	GMAT Prep (Focus)

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